[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Mikati, Hani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,51,25,68,58,58,48,67,45,108,107,75,83,89,104,91,93,104,100,130,95,96,71,75,78,91,87,82,96,305,115,516,490,644,650,1426,1402,1497,896,6175,4615,29992,29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nf3 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} Bb7 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} c5 (9... Be7 $14) (9... Be7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bf4 {1-0 (27) Arizmendi Martinez,J (2513)-Llobel Cortell,E (2402) Linares 2017}) 10. Bb5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. h3 Nf6 {1-0 (33) Ali,L (2264)-Al Fayyadh,Y (1760) Baghdad 2017}) 10... Bc6 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 {[#] 0-0 is the strong threat.} Qe7+ 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Qa4+ Kd8 16. Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qe5 18. O-O Bd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re5h2] [#]} 19. g3 f6 $2 (19... Qf6 $16 20. Qg4 h5) 20. c4 $2 (20. Rae1 $18 Qxc3 21. Qg4) 20... g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Re8 $16 {is tougher.}) 21. Rfe1 $18 Qc3 22. Rac1 g4 23. Qxg4 ({Less strong is} 23. Rxc3 gxf3 24. Bd2 Re8 $16) 23... Qd3 24. Bf4 Qd4 25. Rcd1 Qxc4 26. Qg7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,42,32,3,21,6,11,54,51,1,97,64,208,183,180,183,179,179,249,158,293,300,399,385,403,366,689,662,739,736,1497,1485,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 g6 2. h4 d5 3. h5 Bg7 (3... dxe4 4. hxg6 fxg6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Bf5 9. Qa4 Qd5 10. Nf3 Qe4+ 11. Qxe4 Bxe4 {1-0 (53) Nepomniachtchi,I (2714)-Svidler,P (2743) Sochi 2014}) 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. d4 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. B06: Moderne Verteidigung} Bf5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 6... Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Bb5 Be6 9. Qf3 O-O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Nge2 Bxe5 13. Rh4 Bd5 14. Qh3+ Be6 15. Qf3 Bd5 16. Qh3+ Be6 17. Qf3 {½-½ (17) Vedder,H (2372)-Cuijpers,F (2447) Netherlands 2014}) 7. h6 Bf6 8. g4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Bd7 {und nun wäre ...Sc6 stark für Schwarz.} 9. Bg2 c6 (9... Nc6 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 10. Be3 {Und weiter mit a3 wäre nett.} e6 ({Besser ist} 10... Bg5 $1 $14) 11. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz steht unter starkem Druck.} Be7 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. Qf3 Rf8 (13... O-O {kämpft weiter.} 14. Bg5 Qd8) 14. O-O Na6 (14... Nd5 $16 15. Rfe1 Bc8) 15. Bg5 $18 Ng8 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Ne4 f6 $2 {[#]} (17... f5 18. gxf5 Rxf5) 18. Nxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 19. h7 Nh6 {[#]} 20. h8=Q $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxh8 21. Qxf6+ Ke8 22. Nd6# {Precision: Weiß = 59%, Schwarz = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,52,50,22,42,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,33,116,117,123,128,118,120,123,35,185,177,456,462,448,437,501,376,1157]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32] B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Nf3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nh4 Na5 13. Bd3 {1-0 (21) Nakamura,H (2789)-Shaw,J (2454) Baku 2016}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 {LiveBook: 29 Games. With the idea Ne5.} e6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} c5 {aiming for ...c4.} 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 {0-1 (40) Crut,A (2303)-Mellado Trivino,J (2460) France 2001}) 12... b4 13. Ne2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nc6 14. Nd3 Rd8 15. Bd2 Be7 16. a5 O-O 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bc5 g5 ({Black should try} 18... Rfe8 $14) 19. Bxd5 $1 $16 Rxd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Nxb4 Rb5 22. Nd3 (22. c3 $16) 22... Nc6 {[#]} (22... Be4 $14) 23. b4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] And now c4 would win.} Rd8 $2 (23... Bc8 24. c4 Rb8) (23... Nxb4 24. c4) 24. c4 Rf5 25. Ng3 Rf6 26. Nc5 Bc8 $2 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 35%.} (26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rf4 28. Nxb7 Rxc4) 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Qb3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. e4 Re8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. Qxc4 Qxb2 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. Qd3 Qb5 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qg5 Ng6 19. Rfb1 Qa6 20. Nc5 Qa3 21. Rb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 h6 23. Qg4 Rd8 24. Bc3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Black "Hanna, Elie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Bc4 Bxd4 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e5 Bxe5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. Bb3 d5 11. h3 c6 12. c3 Ne4 13. Qe2 Qf6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Nf3+ 17. Kh1 Nxd2 18. Rg1 Qf3+ 19. Kh2 Qxf2+ 20. Rg2 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. h3 Bf5 8. e4 Bg6 9. O-O Nd4 10. d3 c6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Na4 f5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bc1 f4 16. g4 Qh4 17. f3 Nc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. Qe1 Qxe1 20. Rxe1 h5 21. a4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Kf7 23. Kf2 Rh8 24. Ba3 Rh2 25. Rh1 Rah8 26. Rxh2 Rxh2 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Bxh1 Kf6 29. Bg2 Be8 30. Bf1 b5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. c5 Nd8 33. Ke1 Nc6 34. Kd2 Bf7 35. Be2 Bb3 36. Ke1 g6 37. Kf2 Bc2 38. Kg2 a5 39. bxa5 Nxa5 40. Kh3 g5 41. Kg2 Nc6 42. Kf2 b4 43. Bb2 Ke6 44. Ke1 Kd7 45. Kd2 Ba4 46. Bd1 Bxd1 47. Kxd1 Na5 48. Kc2 Kc6 49. Kd1 Kxc5 50. Kc2 Kb5 51. Kb1 Nb3 52. Kc2 Ka4 53. Kd1 Na5 54. Kc2 Nc6 55. Bc1 Ne7 56. Bd2 Ka3 57. Kb1 Kb3 58. Be1 Ng6 59. Kc1 Nh4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. e4 Ndb4 7. a3 Nxd4 8. axb4 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 Bxf3 11. Rg1 e6 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Rxg7 h6 14. Be2 Be5 15. Rg3 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Bxg3 17. hxg3 c6 18. Be3 b6 19. Bxb6 a6 20. Bd4 Rg8 21. Be3 Rg6 22. Na4 f5 23. Nb6 Ra7 24. Nc4 Ra8 25. Ne5 Rf6 26. Nxc6 Kd7 27. b5 Rff8 28. Ne5+ Kc7 29. bxa6 Rfb8 30. Nc4 Rb4 31. Kd3 h5 32. Kc3 Rbb8 33. exf5 exf5 34. b4 Kc6 35. a7 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nxd5 Qxb3 8. Nxf6+ exf6 9. axb3 Bd6 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Nf3 a6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Nd2 Bb4 15. e4 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Bg6 17. c5 O-O 18. f3 Bxd2 19. Bxd2 Rfd8 20. Bc3 f5 21. Rae1 fxe4 22. fxe4 b6 23. cxb6 Rb8 24. d5 Re8 25. e5 Rxb6 26. d6 Rb7 27. Rd1 Be4 28. Rf4 Bc6 29. Rc4 Bd7 30. Rc7 Reb8 31. Rc4 h6 32. Ra1 Kh7 33. Rf4 Bb5 34. Rd1 Rd7 35. Rd2 Re8 36. h3 Re6 37. Kh2 Re8 38. Rg4 Re6 39. Bd4 Rg6 40. Rf4 Re6 41. Rc2 Re8 42. Rg4 g6 43. Rf4 Kg8 44. g4 Kf8 45. Rf6 Kg8 46. h4 Kh7 47. h5 g5 48. b3 Re6 49. Rff2 Re8 50. Rc3 Kg8 51. Rf6 Re6 52. Rc8+ Kh7 53. Rf2 Rb7 54. Rc7 Rxc7 55. dxc7 Rc6 56. Rxf7+ Kg8 57. e6 Rc2+ 58. Kg3 Bd3 59. Rg7+ Kf8 60. e7+ Ke8 61. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Black "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "1466"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 e6 9. f4 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Nce2 Re8 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qa5 Bf8 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. f5 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Bxb4 22. c3 Bf8 23. f6 c5 24. h4 h5 25. Kh2 Kh7 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. Kh3 Bh6 28. g4 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Kh7 30. Kh4 hxg4 31. Kxg4 Rh8 32. Rh1+ Kg8 33. Rxh8+ Kxh8 34. Ra1 c4 35. b4 Kg8 36. Bc5 Ra8 37. Kf4 Bc6 38. Ke3 Bb5 39. Kd4 Rc8 40. Rh1 Ba4 41. Bd6 Bb5 42. Ke3 Ba4 43. Kd2 Bb5 44. Ra1 Ra8 45. Kc2 Rc8 46. Bc5 Ra8 47. b3 Rc8 48. Ra5 Rc6 49. bxc4 Bxc4 50. Kb2 Bb5 51. Ra1 Rc8 52. Kb3 Rc6 53. Rh1 Rc8 54. Rh4 Ra8 55. Bd6 Rc8 56. Kc2 Ra8 57. Kd2 Rc8 58. Rh1 Ra8 59. Ke3 Rc8 60. Bc5 Ra8 61. Rh2 Rc8 62. Kd4 Ra8 63. Ra2 Rc8 64. Ra5 Ra8 65. Ke3 Rc8 66. Bd4 Kf8 67. Kd2 Ke8 68. Bc5 Kd7 69. Ra1 Rh8 70. Bd4 Rh5 71. Rg1 Bc4 72. Rg3 Rh2+ 73. Ke3 Re2+ 74. Kf3 Rh2 75. Bf2 Kc6 76. Rg1 Rh5 77. Kf4 Rh8 78. Bg3 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Black "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "1346"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Be6 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Be3 Nc7 11. Nf4 c5 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. f4 Nd7 15. Rf2 Nd4 16. Raf1 Rb8 17. Kh2 e6 18. Ne2 Nxe2 19. Rxe2 f5 20. e5 b6 21. Rd1 Nf8 22. b3 Qe7 23. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Black "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1402"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. g5 Nd7 16. h4 Ne5 17. h5 Rac8 18. g6 Nxf3 19. gxh7+ Kxh7 20. Nxf3 Bxe4 21. Bd3 d5 22. Rdg1 Rfd8 23. Bd4 f6 24. Qg2 Rg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Ng5 fxg5 27. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Bb5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Ne5 Nd5 9. Qf3 c6 10. Qh3 Nb4 11. Rd1 g6 12. Bb3 a5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. a3 Nd5 15. Rd3 Nd7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nd2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 a4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. c4 Be6 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Nf3 b5 23. Nd4 Qc8 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Nxf5 Be4 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Bf5 28. Qc3 Be4 29. Re1 Bd5 30. e6 Re7 31. Bg5 Rg7 32. Bf6 Rc7 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Re7 35. Bxe7 Qxe7 36. Qe5 Bc4 37. h4 Bd5 38. h5 gxh5 39. f4 Qc5+ 40. Kh2 Qe7 41. Re3 h4 42. f5 Qg5 43. g3 h3 44. e7 Bf7 45. e8=Q+ Bxe8 46. Qxe8+ Kg7 47. Re7+ Kh6 48. Re6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Black "Amer, Majeed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1 d6 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c5 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Qe2 Bd8 19. d4 c4 20. f4 Ne7 21. Nxd6 Nc8 22. fxe5 Nxd6 23. exd6 Qb7 24. e5+ Ne4 25. Bc1 f5 26. exf6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nassar, Marc"]
[Black "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nh5 8. Be2 Ng7 9. O-O Qa5 10. f4 d5 11. exd6 Qc5+ 12. Kh1 Qxd6 13. Qe1 f5 14. Bf3 Ba6 15. Rf2 Rc8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bc5 e6 18. Bd4 Kf7 19. Rd1 Bc4 20. Be5 Qb7 21. Rfd2 Bd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Qb6 24. Rd7+ Kg8 25. Bxg7 Bxg7 26. R1d6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Edelby, Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. d4 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. c5 b5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. e3 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Bb7 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Qc2 e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Qf5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bc8 19. Qf4 Nxe5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bxe5 Qc6 22. Qd4 Bf6 23. Bxd5 Bxe5 24. Bxc6 Bxd4 25. exd4 Bh3 26. d5 f5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saad, Charbel"]
[Black "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f4 O-O 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qg3 b5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. e6 Bxe6 17. f5 Bd7 18. f6 Bxf6 19. Bh6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxe2 21. c3 Be5 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Qxe2 gxh6 24. Qh5 Kh8 25. Rce1 Rg8 26. Qf3 Qa8 27. Rf2 d4 28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. Rd2 Bd5 30. b3 dxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Black "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6 3. fxe5 Nxe4 4. Nf3 d5 5. d3 Nc5 6. b4 Na4 7. Ba3 Nb6 8. d4 a6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. c3 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 O-O 16. f4 Re8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Rag1 Nc4+ 19. Kc1 Nxa3 20. f5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Qg4 Qf6 23. Kb2 Nc4+ 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qxc4 Kg7 27. Rf1 Qe6 28. Qd4 b6 29. Rh2 c5 30. Qd2 a5 31. Rhf2 Ra7 32. b5 Rd7 33. Qc2 Re7 34. Rd1 Qxh3 35. Rd6 R5e6 36. Rd8 Qg4 37. Rdd2 Qc4 38. a4 Re3 39. Rh2 Rg3 40. Rde2 Rxe2 41. Rxe2 Rf3 42. Rh2 Re3 43. Qd2 Qe4 44. Kc1 Re1+ 45. Kb2 Qe3 46. Qc2 f5 47. Rd2 Qe4 48. Rd7+ Kf8 49. Qxe4 Rxe4 50. Rd6 Rxa4 51. Rxg6 Ke7 52. Rxb6 f4 53. Rb7+ Ke6 54. Rb8 Ke7 55. b6 Kd7 56. Rf8 Kc6 57. Rf6+ Kb7 58. Kb3 Ra1 59. Kc4 Rc1 60. Kb5 Rb1+ 61. Kxa5 Rc1 62. Kb5 Rb1+ 63. Kxc5 f3 64. Rf7+ Kc8 65. Rxf3 Kb7 66. Rf7+ Kc8 67. Kc6 Kd8 68. Rd7+ Ke8 69. c4 Rb4 70. c5 Rb3 71. Rd5 Ke7 72. b7 Ke6 73. Rd6+ Ke7 74. Kc7 Rc3 75. Rd7+ Ke6 76. b8=Q Rxc5+ 77. Kb6 Rc1 78. Qd6+ Kf5 79. Rf7+ Ke4 80. Qf4+ Kd5 81. Qxc1 Ke6 82. Qf4 Kd5 83. Rf5+ Ke6 84. Qe5+ Kd7 85. Rf7+ Kd8 86. Qc7+ Ke8 87. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Saeed, Riad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 a5 9. Be2 Ng4 10. h3 Nf6 11. O-O Nh5 12. Qe1 f5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Nf3 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Qe8 18. Re1 Bf6 19. Nb5 Na6 20. Ra3 Qg6 21. Kh2 Kh7 22. Re3 Rg8 23. Qf2 Rg7 24. b3 Rag8 25. R3e2 Nb4 26. Nh4 Bxh4 27. Qxh4 Nd3 28. Rg1 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Bd3 30. Rd2 Be4 31. g3 Qxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Rxg3 33. h4 Bf5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abdo, Moussa"]
[Black "Khoury, Rabih"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 d6 9. h3 Qe7 10. Bc2 a5 11. Na3 Bd7 12. Re1 Nd8 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nh7 16. d4 Neg5 17. Rf1 Nxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Black "Milan, Sami"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Ng8 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nd5 7. a3 Be7 8. c4 Bb7 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. b4 d6 13. Re1 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nc6 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qxc6 a6 17. Bb2 Rb8 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. Qxc7 Ra8 21. Bb7 Ra7 22. Red1 Qe8 23. Qxb6 Qb8 24. Rxd5 Rxb7 25. Qd4 Qa8 26. e6 f6 27. Rd7 Rxd7 28. exd7 Bd8 29. Ng5 Qa6 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Kg7 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. Rc6 Qa7 34. Rxf6 Rxd7 35. Rd6+ Kh6 36. Rxd7 Qb8 37. Bg7# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Black "Schoucair, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Be3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd7 10. Qc2 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. Qe2 b4 15. c4 Bb7 16. h4 f5 17. Bg5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd4 19. Bxe7 Qxa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh1 21. Bxf8 Ra7 22. Bc5 Qa1 23. Bxa7 Qxa2+ 24. Ke3 b3 25. g4 Nc6 26. Qxc6 Qa3 27. Bc5 Qc1+ 28. Kf3 Qc3 29. Ke2 Qxe5+ 30. Be3 f4 31. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,96,14,12,0,0,-6,-20,-15,-17,-33,-22,-39,-21,-37,-9,-25,-22,-37,-8,-19,-33,-51,-56,-72,-59,-53,-57,-85,-81,-83,-72,-89,-84,-74,-64,-55,-70,-77,-45,-42,-37,-51,-31,-42,-32,-31,-7,-9,-10,-177,-185,-166,-161,-185,-178,-182,-141,-647,-644,-634,-644,-607,-605,-1091,-1090,-1550,-1417,-1943,-1010,-5522,-1010,-5598,-1010,-3749,-1010,-5293,-2832,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29977]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O e6 8. Re1 Be7 {LiveBook: 24 Games. B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} 9. Nf3 (9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Rxe5 Qxd1+ 13. Nxd1 O-O-O 14. Re1 Nd5 15. a3 Bf6 16. Rb1 {½-½ (35) Kalashian,D (2358)-Hakobyan,A (2417) Yerevan 2016}) 9... Qc7 10. Be3 O-O {The position is equal.} 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 a6 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. f4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Rfd8 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nd5 Qxc1 17. Nxe7+ {½-½ (66) Loeffler,P (1143)-Lindner,S (1325) Sebnitz 2005}) 11... a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Ne2 Rfd8 14. Ng3 h6 15. c3 Bf8 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Bb1 Ng4 18. h3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Qg4 Be8 22. Nh5 Qe7 23. Ng3 Rd2 24. Re2 Rad8 25. Nf1 R2d6 26. Ree1 g6 27. Rcd1 h5 28. Qe2 Bh6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Qd3 $2 {[#]} (32. Nh2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 32... Qxd3 $1 $19 33. Bxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bc1 34. b3 Bxa3 35. Ne3 Bc5 {Strongly threatening ...Bxe3.} 36. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. b4 $17 Bb6 37. Kf1) 36... Bxe3 37. fxe3 {[#] KB-KB} a5 $1 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 38. Kf2 a4 39. c4 a3 {Hoping for ...bxc4.} 40. Bb1 b4 41. Ke2 {[#]} Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Ba2 (42. Bxe4 a2) 42... Kf8 (42... g5 $142 43. Kd2 f5) 43. Kd2 Ke7 (43... g5 $142 44. Ke1 f5) 44. Ke2 Kd6 (44... g5 $142 45. Kf1 h4 46. gxh4 gxh4) 45. Kd2 g5 46. Ke2 h4 {Black mates.} 47. Kf2 Kc5 48. g4 f5 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,96,-3,-2,-22,-24,-50,-29,-52,-54,-60,-60,-72,-73,-71,-73,-60,-65,-112,-106,-105,-112,-100,-94,-153,-161,-147,-154,-157,-157,-186,-181,-218,-213,-206,-195,-213,-220,-220,-214,-587,-550,-556,-552,-453,-460,-593,-585,-671,-651,-716,-704,-603,-541,-995,-941,-875,-895,-917,-866,-1469,-666,-1534,-1464,-1584,-1555,-29959,-29949,-29964,-29960,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29971,-6109,-6087,-29975,-29966,-5531,-5531]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nbd2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. e4 d4 9. cxd4 {A08: King's Indian Attack} (9. c4 e5 10. Ne1 Rb8 11. h3 Nh5 12. Kh2 Qc7 13. Bf3 Nf6 14. Bg4 Nxg4+ 15. hxg4 Qd7 16. f3 h5 {0-1 (26) Gevorgyan,D (2457)-Markos,J (2559) Riga 2012}) 9... cxd4 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 10. a3 a5 11. Re1 $146 {Black has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 e5 12. Nc4 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Be6 16. f4 Nd7 {½-½ (30) Sale,S (2385)-Ljubicic,F (2414) Split 2009}) 11... Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 12. Qc2 e5 13. Rf1 Qe7 14. Ne1 Nc5 15. Nc4 Ra6 16. f4 a4 17. Nf3 Nb3 18. Rb1 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6e5][%mdl 32]} 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Bg5 ({White should play} 20. Ncd2) 20... Qc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...b5 is the strong threat. Black is in control.} 21. Qe2 {[#]} h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 22. Bc1 Be6 23. Ncd2 Qc2 24. Re1 Nca5 25. Nxb3 Qxe2 ({Inferior is} 25... Qxb1 26. Nxa5 Qa2 27. Nc4 $14 (27. Nxb7 Bg4 $11)) ({Less strong is} 25... Qxb3 26. Nh4 $15) 26. Rxe2 {Black must now prevent Nxa5.} Nxb3 27. Bd2 Bg4 28. Rf2 $2 (28. Rf1 {nothing else works.}) 28... Bxf3 $19 29. Bb4 Bxg2 30. Bxf8 Bh3 (30... Bxf8 $2 31. Kxg2 Nc5 32. Rbf1 $19) 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rc2 Rc6 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34. Kf2 c5 35. Ke2 Bg4+ 36. Kf2 h5 37. Rh1 h4 38. gxh4 Kf6 (38... Bh5 $142 39. Rg1 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. dxc4 Nc5) 39. Rg1 Bh5 40. Ke1 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. dxc4 d3 42. Rg2 Bf3 43. Rf2 d2+ 44. Rxd2 Nxd2 45. Kxd2 Bxe4 46. Kc3 Kf5 47. Kb4 Bc6 48. Kc5 Be8 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,80,-96,-82,-109,-114,-137,-129,-266,-286,-282,-316,-416,-409,-634,-635,-722,-493,-565,-545,-649,-647,-616,-628,-678,-591,-854,-852,-907,-892,-875,-807,-751,-683,-683,-668,-1277,-616,-786,-630,-653,-612,-645,-643,-638,-633,-602,-595,-635,-621,-775,-773,-764,-768,-763,-758,-751,-738,-1045,-1025,-1632,-1629]} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1 Ne7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. Qf3 {C02: French: Advance Variation} (12. Be3 Qxe5 13. Rc1 Bc6 14. Bb1 Ng6 15. g3 Qd6 16. h4 d4 17. Qxd4 Ne5 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Red1 O-O-O 20. Be4 {0-1 (39) Brooks,M (2451)-Kraai,J (2509) Saint Louis 2011}) 12... Ng6 13. Qg3 Be7 14. Bg5 $146 (14. Bc2 $17) ({Predecessor:} 14. Re2 O-O 15. Bd2 Bc6 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 d4 19. Ne4 Bb5 {0-1 (29) Schwab,F (1989)-Hasenohr,B (2240) Celerina 2016}) 14... Bxg5 $19 15. Bxg6 Bh4 ({Don't take} 15... hxg6 16. Qxg5 Rh5 17. Qg3 $17) 16. Ne2 Qb4 ({Less strong is} 16... Bxg3 17. Nxd4 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 $19) 17. Qh3 (17. Bxf7+ $142 Kxf7 18. Qf3+ Kg8 19. a3) 17... fxg6 {Black is clearly winning.} 18. a3 Qe7 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Be7 22. Rac1 Qf2 23. Qg4 d4 24. Red1 {[#]} d3 $1 25. Rxd3 Bc6+ 26. Rxc6 Qf1+ 27. Ng1 {Black must now prevent Rcd6!} Qxd3 28. Rxe6 Qf5 29. Qh3 Qe4+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rc8 32. Rb6 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Rc7 34. Ne2 O-O 35. b4 Rd8 36. Ke3 {[#]} a5 $1 37. Rb5 (37. bxa5 Bc5+) 37... axb4 38. axb4 Rd1 39. Nd4 Rc3+ 40. Ke2 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,66,37,76,9,0,0,10,18,22,16,97,90,99,50,70,13,70,58,62,-111,-110,-118,28,22,87,-61,6,-10,-5,-44,-6,-8,-8,-8,-8,-166,-166,-172,-167,-177,-171,-181,-173,-193,-165,-262,-263,-412,-387,-806,-796,-5847,-1139,-5847,-5794,-5082,-3027]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (7. e4 $16) 7... Nh5 $11 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 {The position is equal.} g5 10. Nd2 gxh4 (10... Qb6 $11 11. Rb1 Bf5) 11. Qxh5 $16 e6 12. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 Qg5 13. Qxg5 hxg5 {0-1 (59) Sakaev,K (2594)-Yuffa,D (2534) Sochi 2016}) 12... exd5 13. cxd5 (13. Nxd5 $14 Qa5+ 14. b4) 13... Nd7 (13... Qb6 $11 14. O-O-O Nd7) 14. Qxh4 $14 Qa5 15. Qc4 $2 (15. Rc1 $14) 15... Nb6 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 16. Qb3 {[#]} Bf5 (16... Nxd5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Rc1 (17. Qxd5 Bxc3+) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 17. Nd2 $11 Rac8 (17... Qb4 $11) 18. e4 (18. Rc1 $16) 18... Bg6 (18... Rfe8 $15 19. f3 c4) 19. Be2 c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 20. Qc2 Nxd5 (20... Rfe8 $5 {[%cal Rb6d5]} 21. O-O Nxd5 22. Nxc4 (22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Rad1 Bxe4 $17) 22... Qc5 23. Nxd5 Bxe4 $11) 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 Bxc2 23. Rc1 $2 {[#]} (23. Nxc4 $11 {and White is okay.} Rxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxb2 25. Kd2 Bxa1 26. Kxc2 (26. Rxa1 Rc8 $11)) 23... Bd3 $1 $19 24. Bxd3 cxd3 {[%cal Rc8c1]} 25. O-O Bxb2 26. Rb1 Rc2 27. Rfd1 Re8 {And now ...Re2 would win.} 28. g3 (28. Nf3 $142) 28... Bd4 29. Nf3 (29. Rb4 $142 Bb6 30. Re4) 29... Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 $2 (30. Kg2) 30... Bc5 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Rxd3 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Rxf3+ 33. Kg2 Rxd3 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Black "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. c3 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nbd2 Rc8 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Bg3 Qb6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Ne5 Qa6 16. a4 b6 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Qb5 Qb7 19. a5 Bd8 20. Nd3 a6 21. Qa4 c4 22. axb6 cxd3 23. Qxa6 Rb8 24. Bxb8 Qxb8 25. Qxd3 Bxb6 26. b3 e5 27. h3 g5 28. Qf5 Bc7 29. b4 Ne4 30. Rac1 g6 31. Qg4 exd4 32. exd4 Bf4 33. Rc2 Rc8 34. g3 Bd2 35. h4 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Bxc3 37. hxg5 Bxd4 38. Kg2 Qxb4 39. Qc8+ Qf8 40. Qxf8+ Kxf8 41. Rd1 Bxf2 42. Rxd5 Bb6 43. Kf3 Nc5 44. Rd6 Bc7 45. Rc6 Ne6 46. Kg4 Bd8 47. Rc8 Kg7 48. Rc6 Nxg5 49. Kf4 Ne6+ 50. Kg4 Kh6 51. Rd6 Bc7 52. Rc6 Be5 53. Rc4 Ng5 54. Rc2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eid, Wissam"]
[Black "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 Rb8 9. Nh2 b5 10. f4 b4 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. Kh1 d5 13. e5 Nf5 14. g4 Nh4 15. Qe1 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 Ne7 17. Qh4 d4 18. Rf2 f6 19. Nf3 fxe5 20. Qxe7 Bf6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e5 Qc7 4. Qe2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxc1+ 9. Qd1 Qxb2 10. Nc2 Qxe5+ 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 Nf6 14. Qd4 O-O 15. O-O d6 16. Nb4 Be6 17. Ra1 Qe5 18. Qxe5 dxe5 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Nf3 a5 21. Nc2 Rac8 22. Ne3 e4 23. Ng5 Rd2 24. Bd1 Bd7 25. Bb3 e6 26. Nc4 Rd3 27. Rb1 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 Rxc4 29. g3 Bc6 30. Rb1 Rc2 31. Re1 Ng4 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Nxf2 34. Rd4 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 e5 36. Rh4 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 e4 38. Kf1 e3 39. Re4 Nxe4 40. Ke1 Rxh2 41. g4 Ng3 42. Kd1 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Ra2 44. Kd1 e2+ 45. Ke1 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 e1=Q+ 47. Kf3 Rxa3+ 48. Kf4 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Black "Khader, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1332"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Be2 h6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O d6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Bf3 Ne5 13. Rab1 Nc4 14. Qe1 Rc8 15. h3 b5 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. Nd1 Rfc8 19. c3 e5 20. Nc2 d5 21. Be1 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nd6 23. f3 Ndxe4 24. fxe4 Qc4 25. Qxc4 bxc4 26. Nf2 Bc6 27. Nb4 a5 28. Nxc6 Rxc6 29. Bd2 Rcb6 30. Nd1 Bc5+ 31. Kh2 Nxe4 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Nxe3 Nd2 34. Rbd1 Nxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rxb2 36. Nxc4 Rc2 37. Nxe5 Rbb2 38. Rg1 Rxc3 39. Rf1 Rcc2 40. Rg1 Ra2 41. h4 Rxa3 42. h5 Rc5 43. Re1 f6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1262"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 h6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Rfe1 Ndf6 17. Nh4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Nf3 Re6 20. Nd2 Qh4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rae8 24. Re2 Re4 25. f3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 c5 31. dxc5 Bxc5+ 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. f4 f5 34. gxf5+ Kxf5 35. g3 g6 36. a3 h5 37. b4 Bg1 38. a4 a6 39. a5 Ba7 40. Ke2 Ke4 41. Bc3 d4 42. Be1 d3+ 43. Kd2 Be3+ 44. Kd1 Kf3 45. Bd2 Bxd2 46. Kxd2 Kxg3 47. Kxd3 h4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Black "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Bg4 5. Bb5 Qc7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 e6 8. O-O Ne7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf5 11. g4 Nh4 12. Qg3 Be7 13. Nd2 h5 14. Nf3 hxg4 15. hxg4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 f5 17. gxf5 O-O-O 18. Kg2 Rdf8 19. Rh1 Rxh1 20. Kxh1 Rxf5 21. Qg3 Qd8 22. Be3 Qh8+ 23. Kg2 Rh5 24. Rg1 Qh7 25. dxc5 Qe4+ 26. Kf1 Qb1+ 27. Kg2 Qe4+ 28. Kf1 Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aboumrad, Camil"]
[Black "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Be2 Rb8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne8 15. Be2 Nc7 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Bd3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5 Rb6 21. Bf4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bitar, Joe"]
[Black "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. f3 Ne5 11. Rb1 d6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Ba6 14. b4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 h6 16. Be3 Qb7 17. b5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 O-O 19. Bxh6 Qd7 20. a4 Bxb5 21. Rxb5 Qc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 Nd7 24. Rg5 f6 25. Rg3 Rh8 26. Bd3 Rh6 27. Qe2 Nc5 28. Bb5 Qb7 29. e5 Ne4 30. Rd3 f5 31. exd6 Rbh8 32. h3 Rxh3+ 33. Rxh3 Ng3+ 34. Kh2 Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 Nxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chaaya, Antoine"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Qc7 6. d4 d6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 e5 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nc4 h6 12. Nfxe5 b5 13. Na3 a6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 f6 18. Qd2 Nf7 19. Nh4 Ne5 20. f3 Bh5 21. Bd1 Rae8 22. Nf5 Bg6 23. g4 Bd8 24. Kf2 c4 25. Rh1 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Qa7+ 27. Kg3 Bb6 28. Bc2 Be3 29. Qe2 Kh7 30. Rae1 Bc5 31. Nb1 Qf7 32. f4 Nd7 33. Qg4 Rg8 34. Qg6+ Qxg6+ 35. fxg6+ Kxg6 36. e5+ f5 37. e6 Nf6 38. Kf3 h5 39. Reg1 Bxg1 40. Rxg1 Rc8 41. Re1 Rc5 42. Rd1 Rxd5 43. Re1 Re8 44. Kg3 Ng4 45. Kh4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khan, Amani"]
[Black "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Nxd4 8. O-O Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Qxb2 10. Nd2 Qxe5 11. Re1 Qd6 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Qd4 Bf6 14. Qd3 Bxa1 15. Nxa1 Ne7 16. c4 O-O 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nb3 Rd8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bd1 Nf6 21. Qc3 Rac8 22. Qb2 Be8 23. Nf3 Qxd1 24. h3 Qc2 25. Qa3 Bc6 26. Nh4 Rd2 27. Rf1 Qxa2 28. Qg3 Ne4 29. Qe3 Rcd8 30. Nf3 Re2 31. Qxe2 Qxe2 32. Nh2 Rd7 33. Ng4 h5 34. Ne3 Nxf2 35. Nc4 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saab, Riad"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. h4 Nf6 9. Qf3 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. c4 Rc8 13. Na3 Bc6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bg5 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Nb4 17. Nc4 Bxf3 18. Nxa5 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Bd5 20. Ba4+ Kf8 21. Bb5 Nxb2 22. Bb4+ Kg8 23. Ke2 Rc2+ 24. Ke3 e5 25. Rhc1 Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schoucair, Matteo"]
[Black "Ward, Serge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Nc3 bxa4 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Qxa4 O-O 11. a3 Bb7 12. b4 Qc7 13. b5 axb5 14. Qxb5 Ba6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. f3 Nd7 8. Nge2 Ne7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bh6 O-O 11. h4 Nf6 12. h5 Nxh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qh6+ Kh8 16. e5 Neg8 17. Qh3 h6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. d5 Qe7 20. f4 b5 21. Bb3 b4 22. Na4 exd5 23. Rhe1 c6 24. Qd3 a5 25. c4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 d5 27. Bb3 Ba6 28. Qd4+ Qf6 29. Nc5 Bb5 30. Nd7 Qxd4 31. Nxd4 Rfd8 32. Ne5 Rab8 33. Nxf7+ Kg7 34. Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,56,59,28,82,65,102,79,80,79,83,75,82,86,135,137,145,134,140,151,148,149,301,168,169,172,217,216,190,193,407,366,378,369,362,380,460,449,445,587,590,571,1760,1741,2072,2031,29991,29992,29999]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f3 {LiveBook: 104 Games} h6 {B06: Modern Defence} (6... b5 $11) (6... b5 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Nb6 9. b3 Nf6 10. Ng5 Qc7 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ne2 O-O 15. O-O e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (52) Cheparinov,I (2679)-Mamedov,R (2638) Budva 2009}) 7. Nh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. h4 Qc7 8. g4 a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nge2 Bb7 11. Ng3 e6 12. Nce2 c5 13. c3 {1-0 (57) Jerez Perez,A (2388)-Zancas Vidal,F (2027) Barcelona 2009}) 7... Qc7 8. Nf2 b5 {White is better.} 9. Be2 Nb6 10. O-O e6 11. a4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 {[#]} 13. d5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} cxd5 14. exd5 a6 15. dxe6 fxe6 $2 (15... Bxe6 $16 16. Nfe4 O-O-O) 16. Bf4 (16. Nfe4 $142) 16... e5 $18 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Nfe4 Nf5 19. Rad1 Nd4 $2 {[#]} (19... O-O) 20. Nd5 Qc6 21. Nb4 (21. Bxd4 Qxd5 22. Bc3 Qxd2 $18) 21... Qd7 22. c3 ({But not} 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qf4 (23. Qe2 O-O $16) 23... Rf8 $18) 22... Nf5 23. g4 Nxe3 24. Nxd6+ ({Weaker is} 24. Qxe3 O-O $18) 24... Kf8 25. Qxe3 Qxa4 26. Qe4 Rb8 27. Nc6 Bf5 28. Qd5 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rd5f7]} Ra8 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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{[%evp 18,41,33,33,21,25,25,25,113,97,105,91,100,94,105,96,273,291,313,303,312,314,343,331,329,339]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 e5 9. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Re8 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 11 Partien. E68: Königsindisch (Hauptvariante des g3-Systems mit e2-e4)} Qe7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 Qe7 13. Re1 a5 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rad1 a4 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Nxa4 {0-1 (59) Kramnik,V (2803)-Nakamura,H (2784) Moscow 2013}) 11. Re1 a6 12. d5 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} c5 (12... cxd5 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} 13. exd5 (13. cxd5 b6 $14) (13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nf6 $14) 13... b6) 13. a3 Rb8 14. b4 Ng4 15. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat starke Initiative.} f6 16. Bd2 Bh6 $2 {[#]} (16... Nh6 $16) 17. h3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh3g4] Weiß hat entscheidenden Vorteil.} Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Nxf2 19. Qxf2 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nd2 {Precision: Weiß = 68%, Schwarz = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Nassar, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,89,77,77,74,50,48,46,79,47,83,61,112,118,178,165,171,147,200,147,153,143,155,141,152,123,144,116,110,105,213,216,263,268,260,256,257,262,283,263,253,258,288,276,277,277,300,291,327,298,361,331,730,638,718,631,1272,1098,1028,1024,997,972,29986,1023,958,825,920,914,1029,1038,1233,1196,1593,1509,2714,2597,29991,29989]} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 e5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3 {LiveBook: 46 Games} Re8 {A56: Czech Benoni} (8... Ne8 9. a3 g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. g4 Nf6 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. b4 b6 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rb1 Rab8 {½-½ (66) Batchuluun,T (2499)-Rozum,I (2581) Vladivostok 2016}) 9. a3 Nf8 10. b4 Ng6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Rb1 Ng6 12. g3 cxb4 13. axb4 a5 14. Be3 axb4 15. Rxb4 {1-0 (46) Lukov,V (2439)-Pira,D (2382) St Quentin 1999}) 11. g3 Nd7 12. Be3 a5 (12... a6 $14) 13. bxc5 $16 dxc5 (13... Nxc5 $16 {was necessary.} 14. Bxc5 dxc5) 14. Rb1 $18 Bd6 15. Bc2 Rf8 (15... h6 $16 16. Kf1 b6) 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. Nb5 Bb8 18. Qe2 b6 19. Qd3 Kh8 20. Kd1 {[%cal Be1d1,Bd1c1,Bc1b2,Bb2a1][%mdl 32]} Nf6 21. Kc1 Nfg8 {[#]} (21... Ng6 $16) 22. f4 $1 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Ng6 {[%cal Re5f4]} 23. f5 N6e7 24. g4 Ba6 25. Nc3 Nc8 26. Kb2 Nd6 27. Ka1 Ba7 28. Ba4 f6 29. h4 Ne7 30. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Rg8 31. Rhg1 Qf8 32. Qe2 Nf7 $2 (32... Rd8 33. Rg2 Rb8) 33. g6 Nh6 34. Qh5 Bc8 35. gxh7 Kxh7 36. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32] [#] Intending Bxh6 and mate.} Nexf5 37. exf5 {[%cal Be4f5,Bf5g6][%mdl 32]} Qf7 38. Qg6+ (38. Rg6 $142 Qf8 39. d7 Bxd7 40. Bxd7 Rb8 41. Nde4 Re8 42. Bxh6 Rh8 43. Bxg7+ Kg8 44. Bxh8+ Qg7 45. Rxg7+ Kf8 46. Qxe8#) 38... Qxg6 39. fxg6+ Kh8 40. Bxh6 gxh6 41. d7 Bb7 42. Nde4 {[%cal Bd2e4,Be4d6,Bd6e8][%mdl 32]} Kg7 43. Nd6 Bf3 44. Rbf1 Bh5 45. Ne8+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,67,40,0,3,11,50,30,78,69,67,41,56,57,61,63,69,54,72,67,108,93,110,68,118,116,128,138,142,151,254,240,405,392,404,304,534,326,710,701,690,496,488,486,766,735,792,779,775,737,1430,756,29993,29994,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 d6 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (7... Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 Nf8 12. f3 h6 13. Bh4 Ng6 14. Bf2 c5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Be2 cxd4 17. Rxd4 {0-1 (55) Akobian,V (2673)-Moiseenko,A (2676) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 8. f3 {LiveBook: 18 Games} (8. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3a8]} c6 9. e3 $11) 8... Re8 9. e4 e5 {The position is equal.} 10. d5 Nbd7 {[#]} 11. Qc2 $1 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf8 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. Ne2 h6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. O-O {1-0 (36) Handler,L-Dicu,R (2023) Herceg Novi 2008}) 12. b3 Nf8 13. Ne2 h6 14. Be3 Ng6 15. Nc3 Nh5 16. g3 Bd7 17. Bd3 Qc8 18. O-O Nf6 19. b4 Bh3 20. Rfc1 h5 21. c5 h4 (21... axb4 $16 22. axb4 Qb8) 22. cxb6 $18 hxg3 $2 (22... cxb6 {keeps fighting.} 23. Nb5 (23. Bxb6 axb4 24. axb4 Qb7 $18) 23... Qb8) 23. hxg3 cxb6 24. Nb5 {[#] Black must now prevent Qh2.} axb4 $2 (24... Qd7 25. Qc6 Rec8) 25. axb4 Nh5 $2 (25... Rxa1 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxa1 Bd7 28. Nxd6 Rc3) 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. Qh2 Bd7 28. Qxh5 Bxb5 (28... Qa6 $142 29. Rc6 Bxc6 30. dxc6 Qa4) 29. Bxb5 Qa3 30. Kf2 Ra8 31. Be2 Qxb4 32. Qf5 Ra3 33. Rc7 Rxe3 34. Qxf7+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Black "Said, Riad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Qe3 h5 9. O-O-O Nh6 10. h3 Nf5 11. Qe4 Qa5 12. Nf3 a6 13. Bxc6 dxc6 14. Nd2 Qb6 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nh6 17. Nc4 Qxf2 18. Be3 f5 19. Qd3 Qf3 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qd7+ Kf7 23. e6+ Kg8 24. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 25. Rxh6 Rxh6 26. Qxc8+ Kg7 27. Qe8 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Qxe6 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Rg1+ Rg6 31. Rxg6+ Qxg6 32. Qxe7+ Kh6 33. b3 b5 34. Ne2 Qg4 35. Qe3+ Kh5 36. Nf4+ Kh4 37. Nd3 Qe4 38. Qf2+ Kg5 39. Qg3+ Qg4 40. Qe3+ f4 41. Qe7+ Kh5 42. Qf6 Qg5 43. Nxf4+ Kg4 44. Qxg5+ Kxg5 45. Nd3 Kf5 46. Nb4 c5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Bg3 h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Qb3 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 e5 15. dxe5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 d4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bxe5 20. Rad1 Qf6 21. Rd3 Rab8 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Nd5 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Kf8 25. Rfd1 Rb5 26. Kg2 Rc5 27. Ne3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Bc7 29. b4 Rc1 30. a4 Rb1 31. b5 Rb4 32. Nd5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 c6 4. dxc6 Qc7 5. Nf3 Nxc6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. c3 O-O-O 8. Na3 e5 9. Nb5 Qd7 10. dxe5 Qe6 11. Nbd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Qc4+ 15. Qe2 Qxd4 16. exf6 Rhe8 17. Be3 Qxf6 18. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Black "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 d6 8. Bc4 dxe5 9. O-O f5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5+ Kf8 15. Qf3 c6 16. Rae1 Qf6 17. Qe3 g6 18. d5 Qd6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Qc5+ Kg7 22. Qd4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rxd7+ Kh6 25. Bxg8 Rhxg8 26. Ree7 Rh8 27. a3 Rae8 28. Kf2 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Rd8 30. Ke2 b5 31. Re6 Rc8 32. Ke3 Kg5 33. Ne2 c5 34. Rb6 b4 35. axb4 cxb4 36. Nd4 f4+ 37. Kd3 Kg4 38. Rxb4 Rd8 39. c4 h5 40. c5 h4 41. Ke2 Re8+ 42. Kf2 h3 43. gxh3+ Kxh3 44. Nf3 Kg4 45. Rb6 Kh5 46. c6 g5 47. Rb5 Rc8 48. Rxg5+ Kh6 49. Rc5 Rb8 50. Rc2 Kh5 51. c7 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khader, Aram"]
[Black "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1383"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Re8 10. g4 Ne5 11. h4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Nfd7 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Nb3 Nec4 15. Nxa5 Nxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Nd7 17. Nd5 Rd8 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. h5 Re8 20. Nd5 Nc5 21. Nc7 Be6 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Nxb7 Rb8 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Nxd8 Bd7 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Bc4 Kf8 30. Rxh7 Bd4 31. Nd6 Bg7 32. e5 Bc6 33. f4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Hijazi, Asma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O e5 5. c4 Be6 6. Ng5 Be7 7. Nxe6 fxe6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. a3 a5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Nd4 12. Qa2 c6 13. e4 Kh8 14. exd5 cxd5 15. d3 e4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Bf4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Ne6 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Bxd5 Nc7 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Bg2 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Louak, Milad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ng4 7. Re1 Bb4 8. Re4 h5 9. h3 Nh6 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qd5 O-O 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. c3 Ba5 15. Re3 Kh8 16. Qd6 Bc7 17. Qxh6+ Kg8 18. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Black "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qe2 d6 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 O-O 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bf8 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qe4 g6 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Bc4 Rf8 24. Rf6 Be7 25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Re4 Qd7 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Rg4+ Qxg4 32. hxg4 Rad8 33. g5 Rd4 34. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ghannam, Kotayba"]
[Black "Vayanos, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1+ Be7 10. d5 Na5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bg5 Bb4 14. Bxf6 Be7 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxe7 Kf8 18. Rae1 g6 19. Ng5 Kg7 20. Rxf7+ Kh6 21. h4 Kh5 22. Re4 h6 23. Be2# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. e3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e6 13. O-O Bb4 14. Rac1 Rxc3 15. Qb1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qe7 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. a3 Rc8 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Qa2 Qa5 22. Qe2 g6 23. h3 h6 24. Rb1 b5 25. Rc1 Nxd4 26. exd4 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,106,-28,-31,-52,7,-29,-25,-23,9,4,6,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-18,-22,0,0,29,25,16,24,47,31,37,28,29,34,43,34,34,43,43,22,30,29,49,49,52,35,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-218,-197,-218,-189,-5093,-5085,-5073,-5073,-5065,-4133,-1495,-5073,-1607,0,-29981,-29982,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 Nh5 {LiveBook: 62 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8... h6 9. h3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Be2 Qd8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. O-O b5 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Bf3 Ng5 17. Bd1 {½-½ (36) Stupak,K (2573)-Gelfand,B (2729) Tbilisi 2017}) 9. Nh4 Bg6 $146 (9... Bd7 $15) ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd7 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd2 Qh6 14. e4 g5 15. exd5 O-O-O 16. Ndf3 {0-1 (34) Chojnacki,S (2255)-Winiarski,M (2300) Jastrzebia Gora 2016}) 10. Nd2 Nxf4 {Black has an edge.} 11. exf4 e6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. g3 Qc7 15. Bg2 b5 16. Qe3 b4 17. O-O bxc3 18. bxc3 O-O 19. Ng5 Ne7 20. Qe2 Rab8 21. Bh3 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rfe1 Qc6 24. h4 Rfe8 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. Kg2 f6 27. Nf3 Ba3 28. Rab1 Rb6 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Rxb6 axb6 31. h5 {aiming for hxg6.} Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 32. Qa4 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g4]} 33. fxg5 fxg5 {[%cal Bf6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4f3][%mdl 32]} 34. Qxa3 g4 35. Qc1 $2 (35. Qd6 $11 {and White is okay.}) 35... gxf3+ $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} ({Inferior is} 35... Qxf3+ 36. Kg1 $11) 36. Kg1 Kh7 $1 37. Qe3 $2 (37. a3) 37... Qxe3 38. fxe3 {KP-KP} Kh6 39. Kf2 Kxh5 {( -> ...Kg4)} 40. Kxf3 Kg5 (40... b5 $142 41. a3 Kg5) 41. a4 {[#]} g6 $2 ({Black should play} 41... Kg6 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Kg5.} 42. Kf4 Kf6) 42. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Kg2 $11) 42... Kg4 {Black mates.} 43. Kf2 {[#]} Kh3 $1 44. Kf3 g5 45. g4 fxg4+ 46. Kf2 Kh2 47. e4 g3+ 48. Kf3 g2 49. exd5 g1=Q 50. Ke4 Qg4+ 51. Ke5 Qd7 52. d6 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 53. Kd5 g3 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Altorky, Amer"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,76,22,41,-12,0,-3,26,22,17,23,25,23,111,0,104,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-63,-60,-56,-62,-81,-46,-45,-20,-29,-19,-33,-14,-26,-28,-85,-79,-80,-78,-94,-69,-62,-62,-78,-68,-104,-51,-83,-88,-112,-107,-116,-121,-183,-170,-225,-195,-485,-470,-1048,-937,-4827,-4802]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. d4 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 Nh5 9. Bg3 {B13: Caro-Kann (Abtausch-Variante 4.c4)} (9. Be3 $14) (9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb5 Nc6 12. Ngf3 Be6 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxa7 Bd6 16. Be3 O-O {1-0 (37) Nguyen,V (2328)-Boguszlavszkij,J (2130) Budapest 2017}) 9... Nxg3 10. hxg3 e5 11. dxe5 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} Nxe5 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. Ngf3 {Droht Se5! und aus.} Bc5 $146 {[#]} (13... Be7 $11) ({Vorgänger:} 13... Qe6+ 14. Kf1 O-O-O 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Rh4 h5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (43) Jovanovic,A-Freese,J Germany 1994}) 14. O-O (14. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5d7][%mdl 512]} Qe6 (14... Nxe5 15. Bxd7+) 15. O-O) 14... Qd6 (14... Be6 $11) 15. Ne5 ({Bitte nicht} 15. Bxc6+ $6 bxc6 16. Rfe1+ Be6 $11) (15. Rad1 $16 {Und Se4! würde nun gewinnen.} Bxf3 16. Rfe1+ (16. Nxf3 O-O-O $16) 16... Kf8 17. Nxf3) 15... Bxf2+ ({Aber nicht} 15... Qxe5 $2 16. Rae1 $18) 16. Rxf2 Qxe5 17. Qa4 Qe6 $1 18. Nf3 ({Günstiger ist} 18. Nb3 $11 O-O 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nd4) 18... Bxf3 $15 19. gxf3 O-O 20. Rd1 Ne5 21. Qd4 Rfd8 22. Kg2 Nc6 23. Qf4 a6 24. Bd3 Qe5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz kämpft um Vorteil.} 25. Bxh7+ (25. Qxe5 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} Nxe5 26. Re2 Nxd3 27. Rxd3) 25... Kxh7 $17 26. Qxf7 {Weiss will mit Th1+ Matt setzen.} Rd6 27. Rh1+ Rh6 28. Rxh6+ Kxh6 29. Qxb7 Qe8 30. Kf1 {Weiss plant Te2.} Kg6 (30... Ra7 $17 31. Qb6 Kh7 32. Rh2+ Kg8) 31. Qc7 Qe6 {Weiss muss nun ...Th8 beachten.} 32. Re2 Qf6 33. f4 {[#]} Rd8 $1 34. g4 (34. Qb6 $17 {war nötig.}) 34... Rd6 $19 35. f5+ (35. Rf2 {ist wohl besser.}) 35... Kg5 {zielt auf ...d4 ab.} 36. Qc8 $2 (36. Qb6 d4 37. Qc5) 36... Ne5 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 37. Qh8 (37. Qe8 $142 Nxg4 38. Qg6+ Qxg6 39. fxg6) 37... Nxg4 38. Kg1 d4 {Precision: Weiß = 25%, Schwarz = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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{[%evp 17,76,21,19,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-6,-7,-16,-14,-20,-35,-31,-33,-114,-105,-110,0,-82,-74,-117,-85,-166,-152,-238,-148,-268,-261,-252,-239,-295,-131,-120,-56,-53,-62,-239,-211,-208,-149,-135,-140,-274,-278,-270,-260,-347,-327,-337,-335,-606,-569,-993,-955,-1080,-1064,-1227,-1173]} 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Na6 9. a3 Qe8 {LiveBook: 21 Games} 10. Bf4 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6} (10. b4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Nc7 15. Bxe4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Be3 Qf7 18. Rac1 Bf5 19. Rfe1 {½-½ (19) Safarli,E (2664)-Kuzubov,Y (2632) Nakhchivan 2016}) 10... Nh5 11. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Nc7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qe3 {0-1 (39) Andreasen,P (2244)-Nielsen,A (1976) Esbjerg 2007}) 11... e5 12. dxe5 {The position is equal.} dxe5 13. Bc1 Nf6 14. b4 e4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nh3 Be6 17. c5 (17. Na4 $15) 17... Qf7 $1 $17 18. Rd6 Ng4 (18... Ne8 $17 19. Rxe6 Qxe6) 19. f3 (19. Nf4 $11 Bb3 20. Qb1) 19... exf3 $1 20. exf3 {[#]} Ne5 $1 21. Re1 (21. f4 $17 {is a better defense.} Bb3 22. Qb1) 21... Bb3 $19 22. Qf2 (22. Qb1 $17 {might work better.} Rfe8 23. Re2) 22... Rfe8 23. Nf4 (23. f4 $17 Ng4 24. Qd2) 23... g5 24. Nfe2 Nc4 25. Rd4 Bxd4 (25... Nc7 $19 {has better winning chances. And now ...Ne6 would win.} 26. g4 Ne6 27. Rxc4 Bxc4 28. gxf5 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26. Nxd4 $17 Ne5 (26... Rxe1+ $17 27. Qxe1 Re8) 27. Bf1 $15 Rad8 {White must now prevent ...Bc4.} 28. Kg2 $2 ({White should play} 28. f4 $15 Ng4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qf3) 28... Bc4 29. Bxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 ({Stronger than} 30... Qxe8 31. Nxf5 Qe6 32. Nxh6+ Qxh6 33. Qe2 $11) 31. h4 (31. Qc2 $17) 31... Qf6 $19 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nde2 Nc7 34. Qd4 Ne5 35. Bb2 $2 (35. Bxg5 Qxg5 36. f4) 35... Rd8 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Qe3 Nc4 37. Qc1 Rd2 38. Ba1 Qe6 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Black "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qa5 12. c3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rd7 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxe7 Rc8 21. a3 Qa2 22. Rd1 Qxb2 23. h3 Rc1 24. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 25. Kh2 Qb2 26. f3 Kg7 27. Kg3 a5 28. a4 b5 29. axb5 Qxb5 30. Qd6 Qb2 31. Qf4 Qa1 32. h4 h6 33. Kh3 a4 34. g4 a3 35. Qe3 a2 36. f4 Qf1+ 37. Kg3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Black "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. b5 Na5 11. Nd4 e5 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Be6 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Rac1 a6 18. Bb4 Qb6 19. bxa6 Qxa6 20. Qa3 Bxb4 21. Qxb4 Qxe2 22. Bf1 Qh5 23. Re1 Rb8 24. Bg2 Bh3 25. Bf3 Qh6 26. Nf1 e4 27. Bg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Qh5 29. Rcd1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Ng4 31. Rd2 Re6 32. Qd4 Nf6 33. Ne3 Rbe8 34. Ng2 g5 35. Re3 Qh5 36. h4 h6 37. Qb4 b6 38. Qb5 Qg6 39. c4 dxc4 40. Qxc4 Ng4 41. Re1 Ne5 42. Re3 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Bc3 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. O-O e6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Bd3 Be7 15. h3 Bh5 16. Rfe1 O-O 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Re2 Rfd8 21. Rbe1 b6 22. Nf3 Rd6 23. Qc2 Bf6 24. Nd2 Rd7 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Rd1 Rbd8 27. Red2 Qb7 28. Qb3 Qa8 29. Rd3 b5 30. f3 a6 31. R3d2 Kh8 32. a4 f5 33. Nf2 bxa4 34. Qxa4 c5 35. d5 Bg5 36. Ra2 Rd6 37. Kh1 exd5 38. cxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Qxd5 40. Qxa6 Rb8 41. Ra1 Kh7 42. Qe2 Qb3 43. c4 Bf6 44. Rd1 Bd4 45. Rf1 Qa4 46. h4 Rb2 47. Qe1 Qc2 48. Qe8 Qxc4 49. Re1 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hanna, Elie"]
[Black "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8. c3 Ngf6 9. h4 Bd6 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. Ng5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 h6 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Bd2 Rhe8 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 Qf5 17. Nc1 Ng4 18. Be3 Ndf6 19. Rhe1 Nd5 20. Re2 Bf4 21. Rde1 g6 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Nf4 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. g3 Nd5 27. Nd3 Ndf6 28. Nfe5 Ne4 29. Rc2 Re7 30. Kc1 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 g5 32. Re2 Nd6 33. Kd1 Kd8 34. a4 f6 35. Nd3 Ne4 36. Nc5 Nxc5 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. dxc5 Ke6 39. c4 Ke5 40. Kd2 Kd4 41. b3 h5 42. a5 a6 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Ke4 45. Kc3 Kxf4 46. b4 Ke3 47. b5 f4 48. Kc2 f3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bc4 c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a4 Nh5 11. Ba2 Qc7 12. a5 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nc4 Nef4 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Ng5 h6 17. h3 Be2 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd7 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Ne3 Qxh3 22. Rfd1 Qxf3 23. Rd7 Nh3+ 24. Kh2 Ng5 25. Ng2 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ward, Serge"]
[Black "Shamieh, Jamal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 d4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 dxc3 6. exf6 exf6 7. dxc3 Nd7 8. Bf4 Nc5 9. Rd1 Qb6 10. b4 Ne6 11. Bg3 Be7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. b5 Ng5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Qc5 18. Bd3 Bg4 19. Nf4 Qxc3 20. h3 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Qc5 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. h4 Ne4 25. Re1 f5 26. Bc4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Black "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1262"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d3 d5 8. Qa4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O 11. O-O Qd3 12. Re1 Qxc4 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Ba3 Na6 15. Nc1 Rd7 16. Bf1 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rad8 20. Nb3 g6 21. Bf3 Rd3 22. Be2 R3d7 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nc7 25. Be7 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikati, Hani"]
[Black "Aboumrad, Camil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Rc8 8. O-O Nh6 9. h3 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Qd2 Kg7 13. g5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 h6 15. Nf3 Kh7 16. Qd3+ Kh8 17. Qe3 Kh7 18. Nbd2 Rg8+ 19. Kh1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qd8 21. Rg1 Nb8 22. Rxg8 Qxg8 23. Rg1 Qd8 24. h4 Qh8 25. Qd3+ f5 26. exf6# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saeed, Riad"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Ne5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Kg7 10. Qd2 Rh8 11. c4 Nb6 12. Qc3 e6 13. b3 Nc6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. a3 Nd7 16. f4 Kh7 17. Nd2 b6 18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Rf3 Rad8 20. Rh3 Kg7 21. b4 Qf8 22. g4 Rh7 23. Rf1 Qh8 24. Nf6 Nxf6 25. exf6+ Kg8 26. Be4 Nd4 27. Bxd4 Bxe4 28. Re3 Bb7 29. Be5 g5 30. Bxc7 Rc8 31. Qe5 h5 32. Qxg5+ Kf8 33. Rd1 Rh6 34. Qg7+ Qxg7 35. fxg7+ Kxg7 36. g5 Rh7 37. Be5+ Kg6 38. Rd4 h4 39. h3 a6 40. a4 b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. c5 Bd5 43. Bf6 Ra8 44. Rc3 Ra1+ 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Ke1 Ra6 47. Rxd5 exd5 48. c6 Ra8 49. c7 Rc8 50. Be5 Kf5 51. Rc5 Ke6 52. Rxb5 Rh5 53. Rb6+ Kd7 54. Rd6+ Ke7 55. Rxd5 f6 56. Rd8 fxe5 57. Rxc8 Kd7 58. Re8 Kxc7 59. Rxe5 Kd6 60. Ke2 Rh8 61. Kf3 Rc8 62. Kg4 Rf8 63. b5 Rf7 64. g6 Rf8 65. Kg5 Rg8 66. Re3 Rb8 67. g7 Rxb5+ 68. Kg6 Rb8 69. Kh7 Rb7 70. Kh8 Rb3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "Chaaya, Antoine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nb5 Nd5 14. Nd6 Rb8 15. Ne5 Qg5 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Nc3 h6 20. Re1 b5 21. Re5 Qe8 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Qf3 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Qc3 Qc4 28. Qxc4 bxc4 29. Kf1 f5 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. Kd2 Ke6 32. Kc3 f4 33. Kb4 Kd6 34. Kb5 g5 35. Ka6 Kc6 36. a4 h5 37. Kxa7 g4 38. f3 g3 39. Ka6 Kc7 40. Kb5 Kd6 41. Kb6 Kd7 42. Kb7 Kd8 43. a5 Kd7 44. a6 c3 45. bxc3 Kd8 46. a7 Kd7 47. a8=Q Kd6 48. Qf8+ Kd7 49. Qxf4 Ke6 50. Kc6 Ke7 51. Qd6+ Ke8 52. Qc7 Kf8 53. Kd6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1547"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Ng5 e6 8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. e4 g5 11. Bc1 g4 12. Nh4 Nxe4 13. Ng6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Re8 15. f3 Qf6 16. Nf4 e5 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. Nb4 Nxb4 19. cxb4 h5 20. c3 exd4 21. c4 c5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Qc2 Rf8 24. Bf4 b6 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Rae1 Bd7 27. Bd6 Rfe8 28. Be4 Rac8 29. Bd5 Be6 30. Rxf5 Qd7 31. Rh5 Qxd6 32. Rf1 d3 33. Qxd3 Bd4+ 34. Kh1 Rc7 35. Qg6+ Rg7 36. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Edelby, Ahmad"]
[Black "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. b3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Rc8 7. c4 c6 8. c5 a5 9. a3 b6 10. b4 Rb8 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 Re8 16. Kh1 Bf6 17. Rc1 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qc7 19. Qa4 Ra8 20. Red1 Reb8 21. Nd2 Bg6 22. Nf3 e5 23. Rd2 e4 24. Ng1 Bd8 25. f4 exf3 26. Nxf3 Be4 27. Rf1 Nf6 28. Ne5 Rc8 29. Rb2 Rab8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Nxc6 Qd7 32. Bb5 Qg4 33. Rg1 Rxb5 34. Qxb5 Bxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Eid, Wissam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Be6 8. d3 Qc8 9. Rb1 Bh3 10. d4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. d5 c5 13. f3 h5 14. Bg5 Nh7 15. Be7 Qd7 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. Qa4 Qe7 18. b4 Nd7 19. Qc2 h4 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Na4 Bh6 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. g4 h3+ 24. Kh1 b6 25. Qa4 Rc8 26. Rbd1 Rd8 27. Qc6 Rd6 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Rd3 Ng5 30. Rfd1 Qf6 31. Ng1 Nxe4 32. fxe4 Qf4 33. Re1 Qf2 34. Re2 Qf6 35. Rf3 Bf4 36. Nxh3 Rd8 37. Qc6 Rd6 38. Qa4 g5 39. Nxf4 gxf4 40. Qd1 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Toufayli, Adnan"]
[Black "Khan, Amani"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 Bd7 9. d4 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Bg5 bxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 14. d5 Na7 15. Nbd2 c6 16. c4 Nc8 17. Nf1 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Ndxe7 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nxe5 Nb6 21. Ne3 Rb7 22. Rb1 Qb8 23. N5c4 Be8 24. Nd6 Rd7 25. Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Black "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1466"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Bf4 d5 6. e3 Nd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Rc1 c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. a4 a6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Rfe1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nb1 Nd5 21. Bh2 Qe7 22. Qb2 Bc6 23. Nd2 Qa3 24. Qxa3 Rxa3 25. Nb1 Rb3 26. Bd6 f5 27. Re2 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nxc3 29. Reb2 Nxb1 30. Rxb1 Ra8 31. Kf1 Ra2 32. Ke1 Kf7 33. Bb4 Ke6 34. Bc3 Kd5 35. Bb4 Be8 36. Bc3 Rc2 37. Ba5 c3 38. Rb3 Kc4 39. Rb4+ Kd3 40. Rb1 Re2+ 41. Kf1 Rb2 42. Rd1+ Kc4 43. Bxc3 Kxc3 44. d5 Rd2 45. Ke1 Rxd1+ 46. Kxd1 Kb2 47. Kd2 b4 48. d6 Ka2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Black "Saab, Riad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1402"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. c3 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 exf4 9. d4 d5 10. Bxf4 Qe7 11. O-O dxe4 12. Bxe4 Qxe4 13. Re1 Qxe1+ 14. Qxe1+ Be7 15. Bd6 Nc4 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. Nd2 Ndf5 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nc4 Rd8 21. Re1 Nhg6 22. h4 O-O 23. h5 b5 24. hxg6 bxc4 25. gxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qxe7 Rde8 27. Qxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 g5 29. Re7 Kg6 30. Rxa7 f5 31. gxf5+ Kxf5 32. Re7 g4 33. a4 g3 34. a5 Kf6 35. Re1 Kf5 36. a6 c5 37. dxc5 g2 38. a7 Kf4 39. a8=Q Kg3 40. Qxg2+ Kh4 41. Kf2 Kh5 42. Rh1# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Black "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "1346"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nge2 cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Ng3 b5 11. a3 Ne8 12. Be2 f5 13. Bf2 f4 14. Nf1 Nf6 15. Nd2 Qe8 16. b4 Nbd7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Bb7 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. O-O Ne8 21. Na5 Ndf6 22. Qd3 Bc8 23. Rfa1 Bd7 24. R4a3 Nc7 25. Qd2 Rfb8 26. Qb2 Qe8 27. Nc4 g5 28. Nb6 g4 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 30. Bxa6 Nxa6 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 gxf3 33. gxf3 Bh3 34. Bh4 Qh5 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Bxf6 Kxf6 37. Ra7 Bf8 38. Ra6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1292"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 b5 6. a3 Nd7 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5 9. b3 Rc8 10. Rb1 h6 11. Na2 Ngf6 12. Qe2 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfe1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. f3 Nfxe4 18. Bxh6 Bxd4+ 19. Kf1 Nc3 20. Nxc3 Bxc3 21. Qxe7 Rfe8 22. Qxc7 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxc7 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. Bf4 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Rd7 27. Rb8 Kg7 28. Bxd6 Kf6 29. g4 Ke6 30. Bg3 Kd5 31. Re8 Bb2 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4 Bc3 34. Re4 a5 35. Rc4 Bd4 36. Rc1 Bc6 37. Be1 Ra7 38. Rc4 Ra6 39. Ke2 Bd7 40. Kf1 Be5 41. h3 Rc6 42. Re4 Rc1 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kf1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bc4 e6 9. O-O Nge7 10. a3 b5 11. Ba2 O-O 12. b4 Bb7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Ne2 Nb8 16. Ng3 Nd7 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qa8 20. Bb1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qc2 Kf8 23. Qxc8+ Nxc8 24. Kf1 Nb6 25. Nd2 Nfd7 26. Ke2 d5 27. e5 Nc4 28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Be4 Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. f4 Ke8 32. f5 Bf8 33. f6 Nb6 34. Kd2 a5 35. bxa5 Na4 36. Kc2 Bxa3 37. Bc1 Bb4 38. a6 Kd7 39. a7 Nb6 40. Bd2 Bf8 41. Ba5 Na8 42. Ne2 g5 43. g4 Kc6 44. Ng3 b4 45. Nf5 b3+ 46. Kc3 Kb5 47. Bd8 Bb4+ 48. Kb2 Ka4 49. Be7 c3+ 50. Kc1 Ba3+ 51. Bxa3 Kxa3 52. Ne3 Ka2 53. Nxd5 b2+ 54. Kc2 b1=Q+ 55. Kxc3 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Black "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bd2 c5 9. d5 Ngf6 10. h3 a6 11. Qc1 Rb8 12. a4 Re8 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. O-O Nf8 15. Re1 e6 16. Bd3 exd5 17. exd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bd7 19. Bf4 Ne8 20. Bg5 Qb6 21. Rb1 Ng7 22. Bf6 Re8 23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Nd7 26. Ne4 Ne5 27. Qc3 Nxd3 28. Nxd3 Bf5 29. f3 Qc7 30. Ndf2 Bd7 31. b3 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Qa1 Qb8 34. Ng4 Bxg4 35. hxg4 bxc4 36. bxc4 h6 37. g5 h5 38. Qa6 Nf5 39. Qb5 Qf8 40. Bxh8 Kxh8 41. Qb2+ Nd4 42. Qb6 Nf5 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Qe7 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. gxf5 Qxe4 47. Qb2+ Kh7 48. Qh2+ Kg7 49. Qxd6 Qg4+ 50. Kh1 Qh4+ 51. Kg2 Qxg5+ 52. Kh2 Qh4+ 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Kh2 Qxc4 55. fxg6 Qh4+ 56. Kg2 Qg4+ 57. Kh2 Qe2+ 58. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Amer, Majeed"]
[Black "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. c4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 Rb8 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Bxb2 12. Bxb2 Rxb2 13. Qc1 Rb4 14. Qc3 e5 15. Nxe5 Qf6 16. f4 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qd8 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. e6+ Bxe6 20. Qxh8 Qd4+ 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. Ra3 Nf6 23. Nb3 Ng4 24. h3 Ne5 25. Nxa5 c5 26. Nb3 Nxd3 27. Na5 Ne5 28. Nb3 Nxc4 29. Ra1 Rxb3 30. a5 Ra3 31. Rxa3 Nxa3 32. a6 Nb5 33. Kf2 Bc8 34. a7 Nxa7 35. Ke2 Ba6+ 36. Kd2 Nc6 37. g3 Ne5 38. h4 Nf3+ 39. Kd1 d3 40. g4 Bb5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Black "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. h3 h6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Be2 b6 13. b4 b5 14. O-O Bd8 15. Nb3 Bc2 16. Na5 Bxa5 17. Rxa5 Be4 18. Nd2 Bh7 19. Rfa1 Rfe8 20. Nf3 Be4 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Rxa7 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rc7 Re6 27. g4 g5 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Kf1 Nd7 30. Bd1 Ne5 31. Bc2 Rf6 32. Bf5 h5 33. Ke2 hxg4 34. hxg4 Ng6 35. Rd8 Ne7 36. e4 dxe4 37. Bxe4 Re6 38. Kd3 Ng6 39. f3 Ne5+ 40. Kd4 Kf6 41. b3 Ke7 42. Rg8 Kf6 43. Rc8 Ke7 44. Rg8 Kf6 45. Rh8 Ng6 46. Bxg6 Kxg6 47. Rd8 Kf6 48. Rd6 Rxd6+ 49. cxd6 Ke6 50. Kc5 Kd7 51. Kd4 Kxd6 52. Ke4 c5 53. bxc5+ Kxc5 54. Kf5 Kb4 55. Kxg5 Kxb3 56. Kf6 Kc3 57. Kxf7 b4 58. g5 b3 59. g6 b2 60. g7 b1=Q 61. g8=Q Qb3+ 62. Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. a3 a5 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Qc2 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. d4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. exd4 Qg4 17. Rae1 Qg6 18. Qd3 d5 19. Rf4 Re6 20. Re3 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Nxf6 25. Re3 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Kf3 a4 29. Kf4 Nc4 30. Ke4 c6 31. d5 cxd5+ 32. Kxd5 Nxb2 33. Kc5 f5 34. Kb4 Kf7 35. Kc5 Ke6 36. Kd4 Kd6 37. c4 b6 38. Kc3 Nd1+ 39. Kb4 Kc6 40. Kxa4 Kc5 41. Kb3 Ne3 42. g3 Nxc4 43. a4 Nd2+ 44. Kc3 Nf1 45. Kd3 Nxh2 46. Ke3 Kb4 47. Kf4 g6 48. Ke5 Nf1 49. Kf6 Nxg3 50. Kxg6 f4 51. Kxh6 f3 52. a5 bxa5 53. Kg5 f2 54. Kg4 Nh1 55. Kf3 f1=Q+ 56. Ke4 a4 57. Ke3 a3 58. Kd2 a2 59. Kc2 a1=Q 60. Kd2 Qc3# 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khoury, Rabih"]
[Black "Saad, Charbel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Bc2 a5 10. Be3 Nfd7 11. O-O Bf6 12. Qd2 g6 13. Nh2 Nb6 14. b3 Bg7 15. Bh6 f5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Ng4 Qe7 20. Qh6+ Kh8 21. Qd2 Nbd7 22. f4 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Qg7 25. Qe3 h5 26. Qh6+ Qxh6 27. Nxh6 Kg7 28. Nb5 Na6 29. Ng4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Re8 31. Kf2 Ne5 32. Kg3 Nd3 33. Nd4 Re3+ 34. Kh2 Nac5 35. Rf1 Re4 36. Nb5 Na6 37. Kg3 Nac5 38. Rf4 Re7 39. Rf2 Nxf2 40. Kxf2 Ne4+ 41. Kf3 Nc5 42. Nd4 Kf6 43. Ne6 Nd3 44. a3 Nc5 45. b4 Nxe6 46. dxe6 Kxe6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milan, Sami"]
[Black "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1332"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. O-O-O Nd4 8. Qe3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 h6 10. Bh4 Qd7 11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. h4 Qc6 14. Bg2 Kb8 15. Rc1 Rhe8 16. Bh3 Bxh4 17. Bg4 Bg5 18. f4 Bxf4 19. Qh3 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 a5 21. Bh5 g6 22. Bd1 h5 23. Qh4 a4 24. a3 Nb5 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. f3 d5 27. Be2 d4 28. Qe1 Rd6 29. Ka1 Rb6 30. Rb1 Qc5 31. Bd1 Qd6 32. Be2 Qf6 33. Qh4 Qf4 34. Rh1 g5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schoucair, Thomas"]
[Black "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "1292"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 a6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O-O 9. d5 Nb6 10. Bxb6 Qxb6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Re8 13. Nxf7 Rg8 14. Qf3 e6 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Re2 Bb4 17. Nxh6 Rh8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Kb8 20. Rae1 Qd6 21. h3 Re7 22. Rxe6 Rhe8 23. Rxd6 Rxe1+ 24. Kh2 Bxd6+ 25. g3 Rc1 26. Qd7 Ree1 27. Qd8+ Ka7 28. Qg5 Rxc2 29. Qf5 Rxb2 30. h4 Rc1 31. Qf3 Rbc2 32. Ne4 Ra1 33. Qb3 Raxa2 34. Nc3 Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 Rfb2 36. Qd1 Rh2+ 37. Kg4 Rag2 38. Ne4 Re2 39. Qd4+ Kb8 40. Nxd6 cxd6 41. Qf4 Re5 42. Qf8+ Ka7 43. Qxd6 Rhe2 44. Qc5+ Ka8 45. Qd4 R5e4+ 46. Kf3 Rxd4 47. Kxe2 Rxd5 48. Kf3 b5 49. Ke4 Rd1 50. g4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,75,85,88,42,39,-11,10,6,-3,0,0,14,8,10,13,16,20,9,16,0,7,-16,14,21,129,71,43,35,47,22,137,134,137,129,127,130,251,215,240,211,315,292,316,316,283,177,154,162,169,135,258,233,640,636,630,629,954,937,929,928,890,857,782,720,702,702]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} 7. Nd2 (7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Qd3 a6 10. f4 Bd4 11. Be3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14. Bd3 {0-1 (32) Al Sayed,M (2498)-Zvjaginsev,V (2659) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 7... f5 8. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Be2 Nf7 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Qb3 b6 11. a4 Nf6 12. a5 {½-½ (46) Kaposztas,M-Eigler,F Salgotarjan 1975}) 8... Nh6 {The position is equal.} 9. f4 Nef7 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe6 Qh4+ 12. Kf1 Bxe6 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Nd5 Qd7 $1 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Bc3 fxe4 (16... Bxd5 {with more complications.} 17. exd5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rae8 19. g3 Kg7) 17. Bxe4 Bf5 (17... Bxc3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 18. bxc3 Kg7) 18. Bxf5 (18. Bxg7 $142 Kxg7 19. Qd2) 18... Nxf5 $16 19. Kf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Bxg7 would win. Black is under pressure.} Bxc3 20. bxc3 {Black must now prevent Nf6+.} Kh8 {[#]} (20... Kg7 $1 $11) 21. Re1 $1 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Qb3 b6 (23... Qc8 $16 {was called for.}) 24. Re1 $18 Qd8 25. Qa4 Nh4 (25... a5 $142 26. g4 Nh4) 26. Re7 Nxf3 27. gxf3 ({Resist} 27. Kxf3 $6 a5 $18) 27... Qc8 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} a6 30. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Kg7 (30... g5 $16 {is a better defense.} 31. Nxb6 gxf4) 31. Rb7 b5 $2 (31... a5 32. Nxb6 (32. Rxb6 g5 $16) 32... h6) 32. cxb5 {White is clearly winning.} axb5 33. axb5 Ra8 34. b6 Ra2+ 35. Ke3 Rb2 36. Rc7 Kf8 37. b7 {[#] Intending Nb4! and mate.} Nd8 38. Rc8 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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{[%evp 41,73,23,33,25,42,31,23,19,81,76,133,138,162,76,69,61,75,70,101,83,75,53,106,108,97,115,155,131,797,816,831,808,818,797]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. O-O Qe8 12. b3 Nh7 13. a3 h5 14. f3 Bh6 15. Rb1 Be3+ 16. Kh1 Bc5 17. Qc1 f5 18. exf5 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} gxf5 19. Na2 Qg6 (19... Be3 20. Bf2 Bxf2 21. Rxf2 Nc5 22. Nc3 Qe7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Na4 25. Nd1 e4 {½-½ (56) Postny,E (2570)-Libiszewski,F (2523) Rockville 2017}) 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Be3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 22. Qc2 Rf7 23. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Rfe1 Rg7 24. Bf1 Bd4 25. Nb3 Ba4 {1-0 (41) Duzhakov,I (2356)-Savina,A (2390) Moscow 2013}) 23... Rg7 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rg6g2]} 24. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3d4,Bd4f3,Bf3g1][%mdl 32]} Kh8 (24... Bg5 $11 25. Bxg5 Nxg5) 25. Rbe1 $16 Bg5 ({Black should try} 25... Ba7) 26. Bxg5 Qxg5 27. f4 (27. b5 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 27... exf4 28. Nd4 {[%cal Rd3f5]} Rag8 {[%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 29. Re2 $1 {[%cal Rd3f5]} h4 {White should prevent ...h3!} 30. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} ({Reject} 30. Bxf5 $6 h3 $11) 30... Qh5 {[#]} 31. Ng1 $1 Nf6 (31... Nf8 $14) 32. Rxf4 {[%cal Rd3f5]} h3 33. g3 {[%cal Rd3f5]} Rg4 {White must now prevent ...Rxf4.} 34. Qb2 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Rf8 $16 35. Rf1 Rg7) 35. Rxg4+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qxg4 36. Re7+ Kg6 37. Be2 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,50,23,61,51,128,96,102,77,75,90,89,99,98,51,56,33,38,58,47,0,0,-8,-17,-14,-14,-66,-54,-58,-43,-33,-51,-45,-43,-88,-94,-94,-89,-184,-193,-209,-214,-197,-204,-201,-185,-290,-254,-269,-211,-281,-274,-264,-273,-256,-187,-168,-164,-154,-152,-140,-124,-135,-126,-138,-115,-118,-51,-80,-51,-106,-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-96,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-96,0,-95,0,-96]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (7... Qb6 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Bc2 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. f4 Re8 14. f5 Qxb3 15. axb3 Ng4 16. h3 Nxe3 17. fxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (26) Rapport,R (2692)-Salem,A (2656) Sharjah 2017}) 8. dxc5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} e5 9. e4 a5 $146 (9... Be6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. exd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (22) Yemelin,V (2573)-Brookes,C (2231) Riga 2014}) 10. Qe2 Be6 11. O-O h6 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 14. Be4 Qe6 15. Rfd1 {Hoping for Bxd5.} Rfd8 16. Qb5 Bf8 17. h3 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Nf1 Rxc5 20. Qb6 (20. Qxb7 $11 Rb8 21. Qd7 Qxd7 22. Rxd7) 20... Qf7 21. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 22. axb3 Rb5 23. b4 Ra6 24. Nh4 {[#]} Kf7 $1 25. Rd7+ Be7 {White must now prevent ...Ke8.} 26. Rad1 (26. Rc7 $17) 26... Nb8 $19 27. Rc7 Rc6 28. Rxc6 Nxc6 29. Nf3 axb4 30. c4 (30. Ne3 $142) 30... Rc5 31. b3 b5 32. Ne3 bxc4 33. Nxc4 e4 34. Nfd2 Rd5 35. Ra1 Bg5 36. Nf1 Nd4 37. Ra7+ Kg8 38. Ra6 Kg7 39. g3 Nxb3 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4.} 40. Rb6 Nd2 ({Black should play} 40... Rd7 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Be7.} 41. Rxb4 Nc1) 41. Rb7+ Kg8 42. Rxb4 (42. Ncxd2 $15 Bxd2 43. Nxd2 Rxd2 44. Rxb4) 42... Nxc4 43. Rxc4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} h5 44. Rc6 Kg7 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. h4 {[#] And now Rc6+ would win.} Bh6 47. Rc6+ Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kf6 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,83,0,6,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-27,0,0,0,0,29,20,27,0,42,14,22,19,26,20,45,24,28,29,41,0,0,0,39,41,74,74,154,132,136,98,75,61,60,66,60,65,57,57,81,82,106,118,402,393,487,476,446,283,283,278,1118,1094,1089,1089]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 c5 {B06: Modern Defence} 8. Ng5 (8. Be4 Rb8 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Qe1 O-O 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 {0-1 (49) Anand,V (2793)-Caruana,F (2829) London 2014}) 8... Nh6 9. Qf3 Rb8 10. e6 Nf6 11. dxc5 fxe6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Qc6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 Qa5 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O b4 15. Nd1 {0-1 (31) Palciauskas,V (2577)-Burghoff,A (2565) ICCF email 2008}) 12... Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Bxd7 14. cxd6 exd6 15. a4 Nf5 16. axb5 axb5 17. O-O Ng4 18. Ne2 Nge3 19. Rf3 Nc4 20. c3 (20. Bxf5 $5 exf5 21. Ra7 $11) 20... h6 21. Ne4 h5 22. Ra7 Nb6 23. N2g3 Nc8 24. Ra6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Ke7 25. Nxf5+ gxf5 26. Ng5 Nb6 27. Re3 {Black must now prevent Bxf5.} Nd5 28. Re1 {[#] Strongly threatening Ra7.} e5 (28... Ra8 $142 29. Bxb5 Nc7 30. Rxa8 Rxa8) 29. fxe5 $16 dxe5 30. Bc2 {Hoping for Bb3.} Ra8 31. Rg6 Bf6 $1 32. Bb3 Be8 33. Rxe5+ Bxe5 34. Re6+ Kd7 {[#] aiming for ...Bf4.} 35. Rxe5 Nc7 36. Bf4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Ra6 $16 {is a better defense.} 37. Nf3 Ne6) 37. Rc5 $18 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Na6 39. Be6+ Ke7 40. Re5 ({Stronger than} 40. Rxf5 Rxf5 41. Bxf5 Ra2 $11) 40... Kd8 $2 (40... Bd7 41. Bd5+ Kd8 42. Nf7+ Kc8) 41. Rd5+ Ke7 42. Bd6+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e6 9. Bd3 e5 10. g4 Ne8 11. Rg1 f6 12. h4 Rf7 13. g5 f5 14. h5 f4 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Rh1 Kg8 18. Rg1 Kh7 19. Be2 Bf8 20. Bh5 gxh5 21. g6+ Kh6 22. gxf7 Ng7 23. Rg6+ Kh7 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qxh5 Qf6 26. Bd2 Qxf7 27. Qg5+ Kh7 28. O-O-O Bh6 29. Qd8 Qd7 30. Qf6 Qe8 31. Rg1 Nd7 32. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Black "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "1466"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. a4 Nb6 10. a5 Nbd5 11. Qc1 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Nd5 13. Qc1 Bb4 14. a6 b5 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. e4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd6 18. Nxc6 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nb4 Be6 21. f4 Bd6 22. f5 Bxb4 23. cxb4 Bd7 24. f6 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Rad8 26. Qg5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Ghannam, Kotayba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. h3 Bd7 9. g4 Nd4 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. c3 Ne6 12. Nh2 Bb5 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Ndf3 Qb6 15. Kh1 Qa6 16. Rd1 Ba4 17. Rf1 Bb5 18. Ne1 Nc7 19. g5 Rae8 20. Ng4 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. c4 Bc6 23. Nf3 b5 24. Nh4 Rf7 25. f5 Ref8 26. Ne3 Ne5 27. Bd2 Bxg2+ 28. Qxg2 bxc4 29. dxc4 Nxc4 30. fxg6 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Nxd2 32. gxh7+ Kxh7 33. Rxf8 Bxf8 34. Qxd2 Qb7+ 35. Neg2 Qe4 36. Qf2 Kg8 37. Nf5 Ne6 38. g6 Nd8 39. Kh2 e6 40. Ng3 Qxg6 41. Qf3 Nf7 42. Nf4 Qc2+ 43. Nge2 Qf5 44. Ng3 Qc2+ 45. Nge2 Qxb2 46. Nxe6 Qe5+ 47. N2f4 Nh8 48. Nxf8 Kxf8 49. Qa8+ Kg7 50. Qxa7+ Kf6 51. Qa4 Kg5 52. h4+ Kxh4 53. Kg2 Kg5 54. Nh3+ Kf6 55. Qh4+ Ke6 56. Nf4+ Kd7 57. Qh7+ Kc6 58. Kf3 d5 59. a4 Qc3+ 60. Kg4 Qf6 61. Qa7 Qd8 62. Qa6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Black "Saeed, Riad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 a5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Be3 e5 10. c5 h6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nc4 Ne8 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Rac1 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 g5 18. Nb5 Rf6 19. Na7 Rg6 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Qxa5 Qe7 22. Nb6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxb6 24. Qxb6 h5 25. Rc8 g4 26. Qd8 Qxd8 27. Rxd8 Nf6 28. Rxd6 gxf3 29. Bxf3 Ng4 30. Rxg6 Kxg6 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32. b4 b5 33. Bc5 Bf6 34. Kf1 Bd8 35. Bd6 Bf6 36. Bc7 Kf7 37. h3 g3 38. Ke2 Ke8 39. Kf3 Kd7 40. Bb6 Be7 41. Bc5 Bd8 42. Ke2 Ke8 43. h4 Kf7 44. h5 Bf6 45. Bd6 Kg7 46. Bc7 Kf7 47. h6 Ke7 48. Bb6 Kf7 49. h7 Ke7 50. Kf3 Bh8 51. Bc5+ Kd7 52. Kg4 Ke8 53. a3 Kd7 54. Kf5 f3 55. gxf3 g2 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,98,24,16,17,14,5,12,18,11,37,20,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-17,-11,-12,-21,-22,-9,-8,0,10,0,12,21,61,47,56,30,44,56,61,39,37,39,51,33,39,14,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-80,-80,-80,-80,-1404,-1377,-1349,-766,-1609,-1467,-1514,-1415,-1370,-1338,-1107,-904,-29964,-29963,-12822,-10025]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 c6 10. e4 Qe7 11. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. E68: Königsindisch (Hauptvariante des g3-Systems mit e2-e4)} Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} (11... a5 12. b3 Ne8 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Ne1 N7a6 16. Qb1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qa1 h5 {0-1 (28) Khusenkhojaev,M (2381)-Greenfeld,A (2545) Golden Sands 2014}) 12. Bg5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12. Kh2 f5 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. b3 f4 15. Bd8 h6 16. Ba5 Qe7 17. Ne2 g5 18. Bc3 {1-0 (37) Rea,A (2136)-Bereolos,P (2328) Indianapolis 2009}) 12... f6 13. Be3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nc7 14. Rad1 Qf7 15. b3 Ne6 16. Rd6 Re8 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. R6d2 a5 19. Na4 Nec5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Nxc8 Rbxc8 23. h4 Rc7 24. Bh3 Ne6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz steht unter Druck.} Be7 27. Qc3 Ra8 28. a3 a4 29. b4 Qb3 30. Rd3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Kf7 32. Rcd3 Rb8 33. Nd2 b5 34. Nf1 Ke8 35. Ne3 Rd8 36. f3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Kxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KL-KS} 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. h5 {[#]} (40. Nd1 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 40... f5 $1 $17 ({Viel schwächer wäre} 40... gxh5 $6 41. Nf5 $11) 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Nc2 $17) 42... fxe4 $19 43. fxe4 Bg5 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Nc2 Bc1 46. Kg2 Kg5 47. Kg3 Bb2 48. Ne1 Bxa3 49. Nd3 {[#]} Bb2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: Weiß = 45%, Schwarz = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Black "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bc4 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. h3 Ke7 12. Nd2 b5 13. f3 Rhb8 14. g3 h6 15. f4 Nh5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. g4 Nhf6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Bd6 20. Rhg1 Rh8 21. h4 Ne5 22. Ne2 Ke8 23. Nd4 Kd7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rg7+ Be7 26. N4f3 Nxf3 27. Nxf3+ Ke8 28. Nd4 Rd8 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Nc6+ Kf7 31. Nxd8+ Ke8 32. Nxe6 Rxh4 33. Nxc7+ Kf7 34. Re1 Rh8 35. Nxa6 Rh6 36. Nb4 Ke6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Black "Abdo, Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Nbd2 Bf8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 c6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Be7 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Rad1 Bb4 18. Re2 Qa5 19. a3 Bf8 20. b4 Qc7 21. h3 Rc8 22. Qc3 Red8 23. Rde1 b5 24. Rc2 Qb8 25. Bc1 bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nd5 27. Qf3 Be7 28. Be3 Bf6 29. Rec1 Be8 30. h4 Kf8 31. Bh3 Kg8 32. Bf1 Bd7 33. Bd3 Nxe3 34. fxe3 e5 35. dxe5 Bxe5 36. Qe4 Bf6 37. Qxh7+ Kf8 38. Kg2 Bg4 39. Bf5 Bxf5 40. Qxf5 Re8 41. Qf4 Qb5 42. Kh2 Qd5 43. Rd2 Qe6 44. Qd6+ Kg8 45. Qxe6 Rxe6 46. Rd7 a6 47. Nd6 Rf8 48. Rxc6 Rxe3 49. Rxa6 Be5 50. Nf5 Re2+ 51. Kh3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khader, Aram"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,54,0,0,-36,-29,-33,-30,-25,-42,-50,-47,-65,-68,-70,-64,-65,-70,-110,-101,-130,-127,-157,-158,-146,-157,-498,-477,-743,-374,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29990,-885,-5610,-5606,-3018,-2526,-2141,-1868]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 {LiveBook: 24 Games. C01: French: Exchange Variation} 9. Bxf6 (9. Bh4 {with more complications.} g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. c4 Nc6 12. Nc3) (9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. a3 Bf8 14. h3 g6 15. Ne2 Bg7 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 {½-½ (78) Sadhwani,R (2359)-Short,N (2688) Abu Dhabi 2017}) 9... Qxf6 10. c3 Nc6 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qb3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bd3 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 g5 20. h3 h5 21. c4 Qd4 22. Qd1 g4 {0-1 (22) Noulet,J (1299)-Barsov,A (2511) Nantes 2009}) 11... Bb6 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Be2 Rfe8 14. h3 Bf5 15. Nfd4 Be4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd3 Rad8 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 18. Qc2 {[#]} Qg6 $1 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg6g2]} 19. Bxe4 dxe4 ({But not} 19... Rxe4 20. Rad1 $15) 20. c4 $2 {[#]} (20. Kh1 $17 {is more resistant.}) 20... Rd3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3h3] Strongly threatening ...Rxh3.} ({Not} 20... e3 21. Qxg6 exf2+ 22. Kh1 $17) 21. Kh1 (21. c5 $142 Bc7 22. Kh1) 21... Re5 22. Rad1 $2 (22. f3 $19 Rh5 23. Nc1) 22... Rxh3+ 23. gxh3 Rh5 {[%cal Rh5h3]} 24. Qc3 Qg4 (24... e3 $142 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Qe5 Rxh3+ 27. Qh2 exf2 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Rd4 Bxd4 30. Rxf2 Bxf2 31. Qxh3 Qg1#) 25. Qg3 {Black is clearly winning.} Rxh3+ 26. Kg2 Rxg3+ 27. fxg3 Bc7 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "1346"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 e6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Nd2 Bd6 8. Bg3 Qe7 9. Ngf3 Bd7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne8 13. f4 f5 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh3 Ng7 16. Bh4 Qf7 17. Be2 Rac8 18. Nf3 a6 19. Bf6 h5 20. Ng5 Qe8 21. Rf3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shamieh, Jamal"]
[Black "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Nbd2 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. N2b3 Qb6 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. e3 a5 14. Qc2 e5 15. Ne2 Be6 16. Rcd1 Rac8 17. Nbc1 d4 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Qe4 Bd5 20. Qe3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. f3 Nc2 23. Qf2 Bg5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nf4 exf4 26. Qxc2 fxg3 27. Kxg3 Rd2 28. Qf5 Qc4 29. a3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Be3 h6 8. Qd2 e6 9. Rad1 Ne7 10. Ne2 g5 11. Ne1 e5 12. c3 Ng6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Nf5 Nf6 15. f3 Nf4 16. Bc2 c5 17. g3 Ng6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Qc1 Qc7 20. h4 Nh7 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 f6 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Nh8 25. Bb3+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Black "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. a4 a6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. h3 Nd4 11. O-O Be6 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. c4 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Qd4 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 Be7 22. Rac1 Bg5 23. Rb1 Be7 24. Kf1 Rd4 25. Ke2 Rxg4 26. Nd5 Bg5 27. b4 Rc2+ 28. Kf1 Rd4 29. Nb6 Rf4 30. f3 Rh4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nassar, Marc"]
[Black "Mikati, Hani"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 h5 7. Nf2 Be7 8. d4 Bxh4 9. Bxf4 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qf6 11. Qd2 Nh6 12. Kg1 Ng4 13. Nc3 c6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Rxh5 Rxh5 20. Nxh5 Nd7 21. Qh6+ Ke8 22. Ng7+ Kd8 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qh8+ Nf8 25. Rd1+ Kc7 26. Bd3 Rd8 27. Rf1 Ng6 28. Qh5 Qc5+ 29. Rf2 Rf8 30. Qe2 Nxe5 31. Kf1 Rh8 32. Qe4 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 Qe5+ 35. Kf3 Qh5+ 36. Ke3 Qe5+ 37. Kf3 Rh8 38. g3 Qe1 39. Qe2 Qh1+ 40. Ke3 Qh6+ 41. Kf3 Qh5+ 42. Ke3 Qg5+ 43. Kf3 Rg8 44. Qxe6 Qxg3+ 45. Ke2 Qg4+ 46. Qxg4 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Bg2 h6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 c6 10. e4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Qc7 13. Re1 Bc5 14. e5 Nh7 15. h4 Nb6 16. Nd2 Bb4 17. Rc1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rfd8 19. d4 c5 20. Re4 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 cxd4 22. Rg4 Kh8 23. Ba3 Qd7 24. Bd6 Nc8 25. c5 Nxd6 26. Rxd4 Ne4 27. Rxd7 Nxd2 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bxb7 Rd7 30. Bg2 Rc7 31. f4 Nf8 32. Kf2 Kg8 33. Ke3 f6 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Kxd2 Ng6 36. c6 e5 37. Rb1 Rc8 38. Rb7 exf4 39. c7 Ne7 40. gxf4 Kf7 41. Rxa7 Ke6 42. Ra6+ Kf7 43. Ra7 Ke6 44. Bh3+ f5 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46. Rxh6 Rxc7 47. Ra6 Rc4 48. h5 Rxf4 49. h6 Rh4 50. Bf1 Ng8 51. Ra7+ Ne7 52. Ra6 Ng8 53. Bc4+ Rxc4 54. h7 Kg7 55. Ra7+ Kh8 56. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 57. a4 Kf8 58. a5 Ke8 59. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saad, Charbel"]
[Black "Bitar, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Bc2 f5 12. a4 b4 13. c4 Nf6 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. Nb3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rb1 Qf6 20. Qe2 Rae8 21. Qf1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qh4 23. Qg2 Rf6 24. Kf1 Rg6 25. Qg3 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Qh2 27. Ke2 Qxf2+ 28. Kd1 Qxf3+ 29. Kd2 Rd8 30. Bd1 Qxg3 31. Bb3 Qf2+ 32. Re2 Be3+ 33. Kd1 Rxd3+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Said, Riad"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. e3 Bd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Bd3 Bc6 13. e4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 e5 17. d5 Bd7 18. f4 c6 19. fxe5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Ng4 21. e6 Nf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxf2 23. exd7 Rf8 24. Qg4 Kg7 25. Bh4+ Kh8 26. Bxf2 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Black "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Be6 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 O-O-O 11. Nxf6 Be7+ 12. Nd5 Nb4 13. Kc1 Bxd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. c3 Rxd5 17. cxb4 Rxd2 18. h4 Bh6 19. g4 Rxf2+ 20. g5 Bg7 21. Rb1 Be5 22. Re1 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Schoucair, Matteo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Nh5 9. d5 Nb4 10. a3 Na6 11. Qe1 c6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nf6 14. e5 Ne8 15. Kh1 e6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rb8 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Bxe8 Rfxe8 20. Nxd6 Red8 21. Rb1 Bf8 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Bd4 Ra8 24. c5 Rab8 25. b4 Bxd6 26. exd6 Qc6 27. Qe5 Kf8 28. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Black "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1402"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Bxf7+ Kd7 8. O-O e6 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. e5 d5 11. Nxd5 Kc8 12. Ne3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nxe5 14. Nxg4 Nxg4 15. Bf4 b6 16. Rac1+ Kb7 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Nxe6 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Bc5 21. Ne6 Rac8 22. Rd7+ Kb8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. Kf1 h6 26. Ke2 g5 27. Kd3 Rf8 28. f3 Rf6 29. Kc4 Rc6 30. b3 Ra6 31. a4 Rb6 32. a5 Rb4+ 33. Kxc5 Rxb3 34. Rh7 Rb2 35. Rxh6 Rxg2 36. a6 Rc2+ 37. Kd6 Rd2+ 38. Ke5 Rf2 39. Kf5 Rxf3+ 40. Kxg5 Rf7 41. Kg6 Rf2 42. h4 Kc7 43. h5 Rg2+ 44. Kf7 Rh2 45. Kg7 Rg2+ 46. Rg6 Rd2 47. Kh7 Rd5 48. h6 Rd8 49. Rf6 Rd2 50. Kg7 Rg2+ 51. Rg6 Rd2 52. h7 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Black "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Qd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nf3 d6 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be2 Rc8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. f4 Ned7 15. f5 b5 16. Bh6 b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Nxe4 19. Qd4+ Nef6 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. O-O-O e5 22. Qe3 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Nf6 24. Rd2 Qe7 25. h4 d5 26. h5 Rh8 27. f4 dxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxh5 29. Rxh5 Nxh5 30. Qxe5+ Qxe5 31. fxe5 Rc5 32. Rd7 Rxe5 33. Bxa6 Ra5 34. Bc4 Rxa2 35. Rxf7+ Kh6 36. Rb7 Rh2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Black "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qc7 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 b6 11. Re1 e5 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Nc5 14. Bf1 h6 15. Rac1 Nh5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Qb1 c5 18. a3 g5 19. Bg2 g4 20. Nh4 Rxd2 21. Nf5 Ng5 22. Rcd1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Bxf5 24. exf5 Rd8 25. Qe2 Nh3+ 26. Kf1 Re8 27. b5 e4 28. Qc2 Qd7 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Be2 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. g4 h6 7. h4 c6 8. Bf3 Nb6 9. a4 a5 10. Nh3 cxd5 11. exd5 Nh7 12. h5 f5 13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. Bg4 Qd7 15. Rg1 Nf6 16. Be2 Kf7 17. Be3 Bd8 18. Bb5 Qc8 19. Qf3 Bxh3 20. Ne4 Bg4 21. Nxd6+ Kg8 22. Nxc8 Bxf3 23. Nxb6 Bxb6 24. Bxb6 Nxd5 25. Bc4 Kh7 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. O-O-O Bf3 28. Rd7 Rhg8 29. Re7 Rae8 30. Rc7 Re6 31. Bc5 Rc6 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Re1 e4 34. Bb6 Ra8 35. Bd4 Rd8 36. c3 Rd7 37. Bb6 Rd5 38. b4 axb4 39. cxb4 Rxh5 40. a5 Rb5 41. Bc5 Rb8 42. a6 h5 43. a7 Ra8 44. Kd2 g5 45. Ra1 Kg6 46. Bd6 h4 47. Ke1 g4 48. Kf1 e3 49. fxe3 g3 50. Kg1 Kf5 51. Bb8 Kg4 52. Ra2 h3 53. Rd2 h2+ 54. Rxh2 gxh2+ 55. Kxh2 Bd5 56. Kg1 Kf3 57. Kf1 Kxe3 58. Ke1 Kd3 59. Kd1 Kc3 60. Ke2 Kxb4 61. Kd3 Kc5 62. Kc3 Kb6 63. Kb4 c5+ 64. Ka4 Rxa7+ 65. Bxa7+ Kxa7 66. Kb5 c4 67. Kb4 Kb6 68. Ka3 c3 69. Kb4 c2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Altorky, Amer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. a4 e6 4. c3 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. d4 Qb6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb4 9. O-O Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Ne7 11. a5 Qd8 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Qb3 Bb5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Na3 Be2 16. Qe3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nc6 18. Qd3 Be7 19. Rab1 O-O 20. b4 f6 21. f4 Rac8 22. Rb3 fxe5 23. fxe5 Nxb4 24. Qb1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Qa4 26. Bd2 Nc6 27. Nc2 Nxd4 28. Rxb7 Nxc2 29. Rxe7 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Qxd2 31. Rxe6 Ne3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Khan, Amani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 d6 6. dxe5 Nxe4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qd5+ Be6 9. Qxe4 dxe5 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Be3 Rf8 12. Nb5 Kg8 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Rad1 Bxa2 15. b3 Rc8 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Qa4 e4 18. Ne1 Bxb3 19. Qxb3+ d5 20. Qxb7 Re7 21. Qb3 Nd4 22. Qb2 Nf5 23. c3 Qd6 24. Nc2 Rec7 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Ra8 27. Rc1 Re7 28. Bb4 Qb8 29. Qa3 Rf7 30. Bd6 Qb6 31. Be5 a5 32. Rc5 Rd7 33. Ra1 a4 34. h3 Qa6 35. Qg3 Qb6 36. Rxd5 Rf7 37. Rc5 Qb2 38. d5 Qb4 39. Rc3 Qb5 40. d6 Re8 41. Bd4 Qd5 42. Be3 Rd8 43. Rxa4 Rxd6 44. Rd4 Qa5 45. Rc8+ Kh7 46. Qxd6 Qf5 47. Qd8 Kg6 48. Rd6+ Rf6 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Rxf6 Qxf6 51. Qxe4+ g6 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53. Qe8+ Qf8 54. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Black "Edelby, Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Be7 5. d6 Bf8 6. Nb5 Na6 7. Be3 b6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. e3 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. e4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxe5 18. Rfe1 Bg7 19. Qb7 Nb4 20. Bf1 Rfd8 21. Qe4 Qc2 22. Qb7 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Qxd3 24. Rbc1 a6 25. Qxb6 axb5 26. cxb5 Bd4 27. Red1 Qf5 28. Qc7 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Rac8 30. b6 Rxc7 31. dxc7 Bf6 32. b7 Qf4 33. c8=Q Qb8 34. Qxb8 Rxb8 35. Rxd7 Bd4 36. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Black "Khoury, Rabih"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd6 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bb5 Rf8 14. Qc2 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 a6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. f4 Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. f5 Ne4 20. Qd3 Qg5 21. Nf3 Qxf5 22. Nd2 Qg6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxb5 h5 25. Rfe1 h4 26. Qxb7 f5 27. Qe7 h3 28. g3 f4 29. Qh4 f3 30. Rxe4 f2+ 31. Kf1 Qf5 32. Qg4 Qb5+ 33. Qe2 Qd5 34. c4 Qg5 35. Qg4 Qh6 36. Qxe6+ Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Kh8 38. Re2 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eid, Wissam"]
[Black "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bb4 6. O-O-O Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nbd7 8. g4 h6 9. Nh3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. f3 exf3 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. g5 hxg5 15. Nxg5 Qe7 16. Qh3 Qc5 17. Rhg1 Qf5 18. Qh4 Ne5 19. Rdf1 Ng6 20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Qxc7 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. c4 Ng6 24. Ne4 e5 25. Ba3 Rfd8 26. Rg5 Nhf4 27. h4 f6 28. Rgg1 Ne2+ 29. Kb2 Nxg1 30. Rxg1 Nxh4 31. Nxf6+ Kf7 32. Rf1 g6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Qc7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. h3 Nd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. b3 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Rd3 Bxa4 19. Nxa4 b5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Rc3 Qa5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nb2 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. c4 Nc3 26. Qc2 Bf6 27. Ne5 b4 28. Ned3 g6 29. Kh1 Qc7 30. f4 Qb7 31. c5 Ra8 32. c6 Qe7 33. Qf2 Nd5 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Rc5 Qe8 36. Qd2 Be7 37. Rb5 f6 38. Nc4 Qxc6 39. Ra5 Rd8 40. Qf2 Nc3 41. Qe3 Nd5 42. Qf3 Kf7 43. Ne3 Qb6 44. Nc4 Qd4 45. Ra2 Rd7 46. Rd2 Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Qb1 48. Ndb2 Qf5 49. Rf2 Bd6 50. Nxd6+ Rxd6 51. Nc4 Ra6 52. Ne3 Qd3 53. Nxd5 Qxf3 54. Rxf3 exd5 55. Rd3 Ke6 56. Rd4 Rb6 57. Kg3 Kd6 58. Kf3 Kc5 59. Rd3 d4 60. g4 Kd5 61. h4 Rc6 62. h5 Rc3 63. Ke2 Rc2+ 64. Kf3 gxh5 65. gxh5 Rh2 66. Kg4 Ke4 67. Rd1 d3 68. f5 Rg2+ 69. Kh3 Re2 70. Kg3 Ke3 71. Rf1 Kd2 72. Kf3 Kc3 73. Rd1 Rd2 74. Rg1 Kxb3 75. Rg7 Rh2 76. Rxh7 d2 77. Rd7 Kc2 78. Rc7+ Kd1 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Black "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1383"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nhf6 12. h3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rfe1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qg5 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Nd1 Ne4 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Bd3 Rad8 21. Kg1 Rfe8 22. Kh2 Qf6 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qc3 Qg6 25. f3 Rd3 26. Qc1 Qd6+ 27. Kg1 Bg6 28. e4 Rd8 29. Nf2 Qd4 30. Kf1 Rd2 31. Nd1 Qd3+ 32. Kg1 Qd6 33. Nf2 Qd4 34. Rf1 Rxb2 35. Rb1 Rxa2 36. Rxb7 a5 37. Qd1 Rd2 38. Qe1 a4 39. Rb1 a3 40. Ra1 a2 41. Kh2 Qb2 42. Qc1 Rxf2 43. Rxf2 Qxf2 44. Qxc6 Rd2 45. Rg1 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Black "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1332"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bd7 8. d3 Nf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 e5 11. Bh6 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rac1 Be6 16. f4 Ng8 17. f5 Bd7 18. Rf2 b6 19. Rcf1 f6 20. g4 g5 21. Ng3 Be8 22. Bf3 Bf7 23. Kg2 Ne7 24. Rh1 d5 25. h4 h6 26. h5 dxe4 27. dxe4 Qc7 28. a3 Rfd8 29. Rd1 Nc6 30. Be2 Na5 31. Bd3 Bc4 32. b4 Nb7 33. Nf1 Nd6 34. a4 Bxd3 35. cxd3 Qc3 36. Ng3 Qxd2 37. Rfxd2 Rc3 38. Ra2 Rdc8 39. Rdd2 Kf7 40. Ne2 R3c7 41. Kf3 Nb7 42. Kf2 a5 43. b5 Nc5 44. Ra3 Ke7 45. Ke1 Kd6 46. Kd1 Nb7 47. Rb2 Rc5 48. Kd2 Ke7 49. Kd1 Nd6 50. Rab3 Kd7 51. Ke1 Rc2 52. Kd1 Rxb2 53. Rxb2 Nb7 54. Rb3 Kd6 55. Kd2 Nc5 56. Ra3 Nb7 57. Nc1 Rc5 58. Rb3 Rc3 59. Rxc3 dxc3+ 60. Kxc3 Nc5 61. Kc4 Nxa4 62. Na2 Nb2+ 63. Kc3 Nd1+ 64. Kd2 Nb2 65. Nc3 a4 66. Kc2 a3 67. Nd5 Nxd3 68. Kb3 Nc5+ 69. Kxa3 Nxe4 70. Nxb6 Kc5 71. Nd7+ Kxb5 72. Kb2 Kc6 73. Nf8 Kd6 74. Kc2 Nf2 75. Ng6 Nxg4 76. Kd3 Kd7 77. Nf8+ Ke7 78. Ne6 Nf2+ 79. Ke3 Nd1+ 80. Ke4 Nc3+ 81. Ke3 Nd5+ 82. Ke4 Nf4 83. Nc5 Nxh5 84. Kf3 Ng7 85. Ke4 h5 86. Nd3 Kd6 87. Nf2 g4 88. Nh1 h4 89. Nf2 g3 90. Nh3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Black "Hanna, Elie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1292"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Nh7 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Nf1 f4 13. d4 Bb7 14. Bb3+ Kh8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be6 Rf6 17. Bf5 g6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bg4 Bc5 20. Bf3 Rd6 21. Qc2 Ng5 22. Nh2 h5 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. e5 Rd2 25. Qxg6 Bxf2+ 26. Kf1 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Nxf3 28. Qxh5+ Kg7 29. Qxf3 Bxe1 30. Qg4+ Kh6 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Qg4+ Kf7 33. Qxf4+ Ke7 34. Kxe1 Rd5 35. Qf6+ Kd7 36. e6+ Kc8 37. e7 Qe8 38. Qf8 Kd7 39. Rd1 Rxd1+ 40. Kxd1 Qxf8 41. exf8=Q Rxf8 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Kd3 Rg8 45. g4 Rh8 46. g5 Rxh3+ 47. Kc2 Rg3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1262"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 Be7 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. a3 O-O 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bd3 h6 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Ng3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bf6 18. Qc4 Rad8 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Rfd1 Rdd8 21. Ne2 Ne7 22. e4 g5 23. e5 Bg7 24. Ng3 c6 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Nd6 Re7 27. Rac1 f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Nf5 Rh7 30. Re1 Nf4 31. Rcd1 Rd5 32. Ne3 Rb5 33. b4 a5 34. Bc3 b6 35. Ng4 Be7 36. g3 Nd5 37. Bb2 axb4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Ba1 c5 40. Ne3 Nxe3 41. fxe3 Bf6 42. dxc5 Bxa1 43. Rxa1 bxc5 44. Ra8+ Kf7 45. Rc8 Rc4 46. Rc6 h5 47. Rf1+ Ke8 48. Rf5 Rc1+ 49. Kg2 Rc2+ 50. Kf1 Rf7 51. Rxf7 Kxf7 52. Ke1 Rxh2 53. Rxc5 Kf6 54. e4 Rg2 55. Rf5+ Kg6 56. Rf3 g4 57. Rd3 Kf6 58. Rd5 Rxg3 59. Rxh5 Re3+ 60. Kf2 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Black "Toufayli, Adnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1509"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 a6 7. d3 h6 8. a3 Bd7 9. Ne2 Nh5 10. c3 Qf6 11. d4 Bb6 12. Nh2 g5 13. Be3 Nf4 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Nxf4 gxf4 17. Be2 Qg6 18. Kh1 Qxe4 19. Bf3 Qg6 20. c4 Rg8 21. Rg1 Qg5 22. Bg4 Nf5 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qb3 Qd8 26. Rae1 Qc7 27. Nd2 O-O-O 28. Qf3 Rg6 29. b4 Bd7 30. Rc1 Kb8 31. Ne4 f5 32. Nd2 Rg5 33. c5 b5 34. Nb3 Be8 35. Rc3 Bh5 36. Qd3 e4 37. Qd2 f3 38. g3 Bf7 39. Rgc1 f4 40. Qxf4 Bxd5 41. cxd6 Qxd6 42. Qxd6+ Rxd6 43. Rc8+ Ka7 44. R8c3 Bxb3 45. Rxb3 Rd2 46. Kg1 Rgd5 47. Re3 R5d4 48. Kf1 Ra2 49. g4 Rdd2 50. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 51. Ke1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aboumrad, Camil"]
[Black "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 h6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 a6 8. e3 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfe1 Ne4 15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Red1 Qe6 20. Rac1 Rd6 21. Qc4 Rd5 22. Nf4 Qf5 23. Qxd5 Qf6 24. Rc5 Rd8 25. Qxe4 Qd6 26. Rd5 Qf8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. d5 Na5 30. Qe5 c6 31. d6 Qd8 32. Qe7 Qb6 33. d7 Qxb2 34. d8=Q+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ g6 36. Rd1 Nb3 37. Qd7 Qf6 38. Qee7 Qb2 39. Qxf7+ Kh8 40. Nxg6# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chaaya, Antoine"]
[Black "Milan, Sami"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bg4 4. d4 Nd7 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bb4 7. c3 Ba5 8. Qc2 Bf5 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Qxf5 Ne7 11. Qg4 Ng6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nb3 Bc7 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Re3 Re6 17. h4 h6 18. Bxh6 Qf8 19. Bg5 Bd8 20. h5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Nh8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. e6+ Ke7 26. exd7+ Kxd7 27. Nc5+ Kc7 28. Re7+ Kb6 29. Rxb7+ Ka5 30. a4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hijazi, Asma"]
[Black "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. b3 e5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Kh2 Qc7 12. e4 d4 13. Nb5 Qa5 14. a4 a6 15. Na3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Qc1 Ra7 19. Nh4 Bg6 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Rfa8 22. e5 Ne8 23. e6 f6 24. c3 dxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Qa5 29. Qd1 Nd4 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Qg4 Qa2 32. Qxg6 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Louak, Milad"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qf3 Ne7 9. Bf4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bd3 a5 13. Na4 Bf5 14. Qg3 Ra7 15. Bd6 Re8 16. Bxe7 Raxe7 17. f3 Re2 18. Rhe1 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Bf4 20. Rxe2 Bxg3 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. hxg3 Qe2 23. Nc3 Qxg2 24. g4 Be6 25. a4 c5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. b4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saab, Riad"]
[Black "Amer, Majeed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C23"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qf3 Qf6 4. Nc3 Qxf3 5. Nxf3 f6 6. Nd5 Bd6 7. d4 Nc6 8. c3 Nge7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Bg5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bc4 Bc5 14. Rf1 a5 15. a4 b6 16. O-O-O Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 b5 20. axb5 Rb6 21. bxc6 dxc6 22. Rf5 Rb5 23. Rd6 g6 24. Re6+ Kd7 25. Rfxe5 Rf8 26. Re7+ Kd6 27. R5e6+ Kc5 28. Rxh7 Rf1+ 29. Kc2 Rf2+ 30. Kc1 Rf1+ 31. Kc2 Rf2+ 32. Kb1 Rbxb2+ 33. Kc1 Ra2 34. Kb1 Rae2 35. Re5+ Kd6 36. Kc1 Re1# 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Rb1 a5 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Na4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. c3 Rb8 17. Bc4 Qd6 18. Rbd1 Qg6 19. Rf3 Be6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. b3 Rbd8 22. Rfd3 Qc8 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Kh1 h6 25. Qb6 Qxb6 26. Nxb6 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 f5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Rf3 Rg5 30. Nc4 Bf6 31. Nd2 Rg6 32. Ne4 Be7 33. Kg1 Bd8 34. Kf1 Re6 35. Ke2 Bc7 36. Kd3 Re7 37. Kc4 Bb6 38. a4 Rd7 39. Rd3 Rf7 40. g3 Rf1 41. Rd6 Re1 42. Nc5 Bxc5 43. Kxc5 Re3 44. Kc4 Rxg3 45. Rd3 Rg6 46. b4 axb4 47. cxb4 Re6 48. Kc5 e4 49. Rc3 Kf7 50. a5 Kf8 51. a6 Re8 52. a7 Kf7 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vayanos, George"]
[Black "Ward, Serge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bc4 a6 4. O-O b5 5. Be2 Bb7 6. d3 Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxe5 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. Bf4 Qxf4 13. g3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qg5 15. h4 Qg6 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Nd5 O-O 18. Rae1 exd5 19. a3 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Nxf2 21. Qxf2 Nc6 22. Rd1 d4 23. c3 dxc3 24. bxc3 Ne5 25. Re1 Ng4 26. Qd2 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Qf2 28. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 29. Kg2 Nd3 30. Re3 Nb2 31. Re7 Rfc8 32. Rxd7 Rxc3 33. Rd5 Nc4 34. h5 Ne3+ 35. Kh3 Nxd5 36. h6 Rxa3 37. hxg7 Rxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Kxg7 39. Kh2 b4 40. Kg3 b3 41. Kf3 b2 42. Ke4 b1=Q+ 43. Kxd5 Rd8+ 44. Ke5 Qe1+ 45. Kf5 Rd5+ 46. Kg4 Qe4+ 47. Kh3 Rd3+ 48. Kh2 Qe2+ 49. Kh1 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,99,22,3,37,22,41,32,30,20,20,27,37,24,69,38,50,51,38,26,29,0,22,8,41,39,44,41,45,37,94,94,94,94,86,91,97,95,87,84,99,92,89,86,103,66,88,80,120,110,108,111,116,116,122,109,157,143,180,189,180,139,235,229,242,226,457,489,620,525,956,927,1053,1217,1199,1170,1155,0,0,0,1135,1068,29983,29984,29988,29988,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,12839]} 1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 31 Games} g6 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} 7. Qe2 Bg7 8. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. h3 O-O 9. g4 d6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. gxf5 exf5 12. h4 Nh5 13. Bh2 Nd7 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 {0-1 (27) Renner,C (2375)-Smerdon,D (2506) Germany 2015}) 8... O-O {White is slightly better.} 9. c3 d6 10. e4 Qe8 {White must now prevent ...fxe4.} 11. Bg3 Bh6 12. Kb1 Nbd7 13. Rhe1 Nh5 14. exf5 exf5 15. Bc4+ d5 16. Qf1 $1 Qf7 (16... Qc8 {is interesting.} 17. Be2 a5 18. Bh4 Nhf6 19. Bg5 Bg7) 17. Bd3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bd6 (19... Bh6 $14) 20. Ng5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Qf6 21. f4 h6 22. Ngf3 $1 Qg7 23. Ba6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Nf6 25. Ne5 Kh7 26. Ndf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3h4,Bh4g2,Bg2e3][%mdl 32]} Ne4 27. Qb7 Qg8 $1 28. Nh4 Rf6 {[#]} 29. Ng2 $1 Rff8 30. Ne3 Nf6 31. h3 Qe6 32. g4 Rab8 33. Qc6 b5 {[#]} 34. Nxg6 $1 (34. gxf5 $6 gxf5 35. Qa6 Rg8 $16) 34... Rfe8 {And now ...Rb6 would win.} 35. Nc2 ({Much less strong is} 35. gxf5 $6 Qc8 $16) 35... Ne4 (35... Qc8 $16 36. Rxe8 Qxe8 37. Qxe8 Rxe8) 36. Ne5 $1 $18 fxg4 37. hxg4 {Threatens to win with f5.} b4 $2 (37... Rb6 {keeps fighting.} 38. Qd7+ Qxd7 39. Nxd7 Rb7) 38. c4 b3 39. axb3 Rxb3 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 40. cxd5 Qxd5 41. Qxe8 {Threatening mate with Qg6+.} ({Inferior is} 41. Qxd5 Nc3+ 42. Ka1 Nxd5 $14) 41... Nc3+ 42. Kc1 {White wants to mate with Qg6+.} Na2+ 43. Kb1 Nc3+ $1 44. Kc1 {Qg6+ would kill now.} Na2+ 45. Kd2 {White threatens Qg6+ and mate.} Bb4+ 46. Nxb4 {White mates.} Qxd4+ 47. Ned3 Rxb2+ 48. Nc2 Qc3+ 49. Ke3 Rxc2 50. Ke4 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 51%.} (50. g5 $142 Re2+ 51. Rxe2 Qc4 52. g6+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg8 54. Rb2 Nb4 55. Rxb4 Qe6+ 56. Qxe6+ Kh8 57. Qf6+ Kg8 58. Rb8#) 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,60,29,20,31,31,31,29,42,18,33,29,25,16,15,19,37,21,36,38,37,35,79,21,29,22,33,-7,0,-14,-10,-10,-16,-24,-23,-27,-29,-80,-72,-127,-108]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 {LiveBook: 13 Games. White has an edge.} (12. Kb1 Nf6 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. Na4 Nfd7 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Nc4 {1-0 (45) Rodshtein,M (2695)-Brunello,S (2555) Douglas 2017}) 12... Bd7 13. Nf3 O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Kb1 {1-0 (51) Misovic,S (1872)-Vujacic,B (1903) Cetinje 2007}) 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Rhe1 Nfd7 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. Ka1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Be6 21. f4 Rc8 22. Na4 (22. f5 $16 Bd7 23. e4) 22... Nxa4 23. Qxa4 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 24. Nf3 (24. f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Nxe5 25. dxe5 $14) 24... Nb6 25. Qa5 f6 26. Nd2 Rhe8 27. Nb3 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 28. Qc3 Nd6 29. Na5 (29. Qc2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... Bf5 $17 30. g4 ({White should play} 30. Nb3) 30... Bxd3 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,64,22,22,37,25,28,23,18,12,8,0,21,17,20,25,0,11,8,24,13,4,0,139,96,117,0,39,35,33,7,99,-195,-207,-177,-3,-446,-449,-408,-435,-442,-440,-400,-163,-1035,-1009,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (7. a4 bxc4 8. bxc4 e6 9. c5 a5 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Rb1 Be7 {½-½ (39) Matlakov,M (2728)-Aronian,L (2799) Tbilisi 2017}) 7... Nbd7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Bg6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Nh4 e6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 exd5 {1-0 (31) Osborne,M (2245)-Foo,W (2009) North Shields 2012}) 13... Ne4 14. f4 c5 15. Bg2 f5 16. gxf6 Ndxf6 17. O-O Bd6 18. a3 {Threatening axb4.} a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 19. Bc1 g5 (19... Kf7 $11) 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nd4 (21. axb4 $16 Bxb4 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Bb2) 21... Qb6 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. f5 g4 (23... e5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Ne6 Nc3) 24. hxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. fxe6 $16 {keeps the pressure on. Hoping for cxd5.} gxh3 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Bd2) 24... Qd6 $19 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rd6h2] [#]} 25. Rf4 Nc3 $2 (25... e5 $19 26. Nb5 Qd8 27. Rxe4 dxe4) 26. c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Qd3 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} e5 27. c5 Bxc5 28. g5) 26... Qxf4 $1 ({Stronger than} 26... Nxd1 27. cxd6 e5 28. Rf1 $11) 27. exf4 Nxd1 28. Nxe6 Nxg4 29. Bxd5 Rd8 (29... Rc8 $142 30. Bb7 Rxc5 31. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 32. Kg2 Nge3+ 33. Kg3 Nxf5+ 34. Kg4 Nde3+ 35. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 36. Kf3 Bb6) 30. Bf3 $2 {[#]} (30. Nxd8 Bxc5+ 31. Kg2 Kxd8 32. Rxa5 Nge3+ 33. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 34. Kg3 Nxf5+ 35. Kf3) 30... Rd3 31. Ba3 Rxf3 32. Bxb4 Nde3 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 40%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,169,18,18,27,27,29,29,0,11,-14,-14,-14,-10,-27,-19,-23,-30,-37,0,-13,0,7,4,0,-25,-25,-7,-49,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-45,-43,-52,-49,-60,-45,-69,-74,-75,-73,-81,-62,-81,-75,-81,-75,-74,-60,-66,-42,-42,-40,-44,-41,-47,-45,-62,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-91,-54,-77,-62,-74,-64,-74,-70,-135,-89,-121,-121,-127,-93,-90,-99,-90,-90,-91,-99,-99,-86,-87,-12,-149,0,-451,-12,-12,0,-381,0,-19,-8,-8,-8,-90,-90,-247,-98,-247,-247,-310,-145,-272,-12,-12,-12,-14,-14,-87,-64,-158,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O b5 (4... Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. Rd1 a5 11. Na3 Na6 12. Nxc4 Nb4 13. Qc1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nfe5 Bd5 16. Qc3 b6 {½-½ (36) Dubov,D (2666)-Aronian,L (2799) Tbilisi 2017}) 5. a4 b4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 6. c4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} bxc3 7. bxc3 Ba6 8. Ba3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d3 Be7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nd4 {0-1 (30) Pantsulaia,L (2600)-Khurtsidze,N (2420) Baku 2009}) 8... c5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Re1 Be7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O (13... Nxe4 {is more complex.} 14. Rxe4 Bb7 15. Re1 O-O 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7) 14. Ne5 cxd4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qxd4 Nb6 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd6 Rxc3 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Rc7 22. Ra6 Rd8 23. Rea1 Nc8 24. Bc6 g5 25. Kg2 Rd4 26. h3 Kf8 27. Bf3 Ke7 28. Bc6 h6 29. R1a2 Rd6 30. R2a4 f5 31. g4 Kf6 32. Ra3 Rh7 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Rc3 Re7 35. Bf3 Rxa6 36. bxa6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nd6 $1 37. Rb3 Ke6 38. Bc6 Rc7 39. Re3+ Kf6 40. Bd5 Re7 41. Rb3 (41. Rc3 $15) 41... Re5 42. Bb7 Rb5 43. Rc3 Nxb7 $17 {KRN-KR} 44. Rc6+ Ke5 45. axb7 Rxb7 46. Rxh6 {KR-KR} a5 {...Ra7 is the strong threat.} 47. Ra6 Rb5 48. Ra8 Rc5 ({Black should play} 48... Kf4 $1 $17 {next ...Rd5 is good for Black.} 49. Ra6 Ke5) 49. Ra7 (49. Kg3 $1 $11) 49... Kd4 {[#]} (49... f4 $1 $17 50. Kf3 Kd5) 50. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. f4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 50... Rc3+ $2 ({Black should try} 50... f4+ $1 $19 51. Kg4 Kc4) 51. Kg2 $1 $11 Rc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Ra3 $11 52. Rg7 a4 53. Rxg5 Rb3 54. Rxf5 a3) 52. Kg3 $19 {[#] Now f4 and White clings on.} Ke5 $2 (52... f4+ $1 $19 53. Kg4 Kc4) 53. Ra8 Rc3+ 54. Kg2 $1 Ra3 {aiming for ...a4.} 55. Rg8 (55. Re8+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} Kf4 56. Rh8) 55... Kf4 $17 56. Ra8 $2 (56. Rh8 $17 {was necessary.}) 56... Ra1 (56... a4 $19 {has better winning chances.} 57. Rh8 Rb3) 57. Ra7 (57. Rh8 $17 {might work better.}) 57... a4 $19 58. Ra8 Ra2 (58... Ke4 $19 {is more deadly. And now ...a3 would win.} 59. Re8+ Kf4) 59. Ra7 (59. Rh8 $17) 59... g4 $2 (59... a3 $19 {Hoping for ...Ke4.} 60. Ra4+ Ke5) 60. hxg4 $11 Kxg4 {Threatens to win with ...Ra1.} (60... fxg4 $2 61. Rf7+ Kg5 62. Rg7+ Kf5 63. Rf7+ Kg6 64. Rc7 $17) 61. Ra8 Kf4 {White must now prevent ...Ra1.} 62. Ra7 Ra1 63. Ra8 {[#]} a3 $2 (63... Ra3 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ra2.} 64. Ra7 Ra2) 64. Ra4+ {The position is equal.} Ke5 65. Kf3 Kd6 66. Kf4 Kc5 67. Kxf5 Kb5 68. Ra8 Kb4 69. f4 Rc1 70. Rb8+ Kc3 71. Ra8 Kb2 72. Rb8+ Ka1 73. Kg6 Rg1+ 74. Kf6 a2 75. f5 Rb1 76. Ra8 Kb2 77. Kg7 Rg1+ 78. Kf7 a1=Q 79. Rxa1 Rxa1 {KR-KP} 80. f6 Kc3 81. Kg7 Rg1+ 82. Kh7 Rf1 83. Kg7 Rg1+ 84. Kh7 Rf1 85. Kg7 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,98,-20,14,0,0,0,9,11,3,-3,2,-4,-10,0,0,0,4,-19,-18,-18,0,4,30,16,49,-31,-30,-28,-20,-25,-37,-30,-37,-33,-13,-7,0,-60,-30,-36,0,-37,-27,-25,-47,-53,-45,-506,-495,-702,-701,-700,-698,-670,-687,-663,-661,-655,-655,-703,-697,-691,-562,-819,-808,-812,-659,-932,-911,-1573,-1539,-29981,-29982,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. d3 Rb8 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Nd1 h5 {B26: Sizilianisch (Geschlossenes System)} (9... e5 10. b3 Nd4 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nb2 O-O 13. a3 a5 14. axb4 axb4 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Ra2 Nb5 17. Rd1 Be6 {0-1 (83) Lerch,P (2415)-Dvoirys,S (2552) Pardubice 2017}) 10. h3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 11. O-O Bd7 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 12. f4 Qc8 13. Kh2 a5 14. c3 $146 a4 15. d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Na5 17. e5 Nh7 18. exd6 Nc4 19. Qd3 Nxd6 20. dxc5 Bb5 21. Qc2 Nf5 22. Bf2 (22. Rb1 $14 O-O 23. c4 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Qxc5 25. cxb5 (25. Rxb5 Qxe3 26. Rf3 Qa7 $14) 25... Qxe3 26. Rf3) 22... h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Droht ...hxg3+ und aus. Schwarz hat Druck.} 23. gxh4 Nf6 $1 24. Rb1 Bxe2 ({Vergiftet wäre} 24... Nxh4 $2 25. Bxh4 Bxe2 26. Bxf6 $18 (26. Qxa4+ Kf8 $14) (26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Bxf6 Bxf1 $16)) 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Qxe2 Bh6 {[%cal Bg7h6,Bh6f4,Bf4h2][%mdl 32]} 27. Kg1 Bxf4 28. Re1 (28. Qb2 $11) 28... Bh2+ 29. Kh1 O-O 30. Qf3 Bg3 31. Ne3 Bxf2 $1 32. Qxf2 Ne4 33. Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Bxe4 $15 Ng3+ 34. Kg2 Nxe4 35. Qf3 Nxc5 36. Re2) 33... Qg3 $19 34. Re2 (34. Qe2 $142 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nxh3+ 36. Kh1) 34... Nxe3 35. Qxe4 Rd8 {[#] ( -> ...Td1+)} 36. Qxe3 Rd1+ 37. Qg1 Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Qxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KD-KTL} 39. c6 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 40. h5 Kg7 41. hxg6 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 42. Rf2 Kxg6 43. Bd5 e4 44. Be6 f4 {[#] Und weiter mit ...f3 wäre nett.} 45. Bd5 Qe1+ {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 46. Rf1 Qg3+ 47. Kh1 Qxh3+ 48. Kg1 Qg3+ 49. Kh1 Qh4+ {Precision: Weiß = 19%, Schwarz = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Black "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,111,2,20,4,58,56,65,68,76,41,56,25,52,39,62,45,57,28,29,38,44,29,37,26,60,74,109,104,82,46,91,56,54,31,245,259,480,469,589,592,587,578,512,373,366,356,331,247,236,161,323,299,283,292,287,255,230,250,237,239,357,354,352,139,350,323,325,271,271,0,403,380,416,396,723,789,751,791,742,706,799,795,1201,1145,1447,2202,29968,29968,29963,29965,5189,5193,29984,29985,5616,2051,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 e5 {LiveBook: 40 Partien} 9. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32] B30: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} (9. h3 Re8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bd7 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Bf6 {1-0 (61) Andreikin,D (2737)-Ladva,O (2510) Tallinn 2016}) 9... h6 $146 (9... exd4 $11 10. cxd4 cxd4) ({Vorgänger:} 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. d5 Nd4 12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 {1-0 (34) Teterev,V (2504)-Poloch,P (2301) Ceske Budejovice 2016}) 10. d5 $14 Nb8 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32] Weiß steht etwas besser.} Nh7 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne3 {Schwarz muss nun Sxe5! beachten.} Bc8 15. h4 Nf6 16. Nh2 Qe8 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. c4 Na6 19. a3 Nc7 20. b4 b6 21. Bb2 Bd7 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bxe5 Nce8 $2 ({Günstiger ist} 24... dxe5 $14 25. d6 Bxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Rxd6 Rb8) 25. Bc3 $18 h5 $2 (25... Nh5 26. Rb1 Bf6) 26. Bf1 Ba4 27. Qxa4 Ne4 28. Qc2 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qxg3 31. Re2 {Droht stark Dc2.} Bf6 32. Qe1 Bxh4 $2 (32... Qxe1 33. Rdxe1 Bxh4) 33. Qxg3 Bxg3 34. Bh3 Rb8 35. Be6+ Kh7 36. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g3]} Bf4 37. Rg1 Rb3 (37... g5 {ist wohl besser.} 38. Nf3 g4) 38. Bd7 Nf6 39. Rxg7+ Kh8 {[#]} 40. Be6 $1 Rh3 41. Rgg2 Ng4 {[#] Mit der Idee ...Tb8.} 42. Ne7 $2 ({Der einzige Zug:} 42. Kg1 $1 $18 Rxh2 43. Rxh2 Nxh2 44. Rxh2 Bxh2+ 45. Kxh2) 42... Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Bxh2 $11 43. Rxh2 (43. Ng6+ Kg7 $17) 43... Rxh2+ 44. Rxh2 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Nxh2) 43. Bxg4 hxg4 44. Rxg4 Be5 $2 (44... Kh7 45. Nc6 a6) 45. Ng6+ Kh7 46. Nxe5 dxe5 47. Kg2 Rxa3 48. Rg3 Ra4 49. Ng4 Rg6 50. Nxe5 Rf6 51. Re4 Ra2+ 52. Kh3 Rh6+ 53. Rh4 Rxh4+ 54. Kxh4 Re2 55. Nd7 Re7 56. Nf6+ {Precision: Weiß = 58%, Schwarz = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Said, Riad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 h6 9. e3 Ne5 10. b3 d6 11. f4 Ned7 12. h3 Nc5 13. Kh2 Rb8 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Qe2 a6 16. Rad1 Re8 17. f5 e5 18. fxe6 Nxe6 19. Qc2 Nh5 20. Nde2 Bc6 21. Nd5 Qg5 22. Rf3 Nc5 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. h4 Qe5 25. Qc3 Nf5 26. e4 Nxh4 27. Rf2 Nxg2 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nxe8 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Ne3 31. Nxd6 Ng4+ 32. Kg1 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Rd8 34. Ke3 f6 35. b4 Ne6 36. a4 Ke7 37. c5 h5 38. Nd5+ Bxd5 39. exd5 Nc7 40. Kd4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Ne5 c4 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. b4 O-O 14. O-O e5 15. Nf3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bg6 17. Ra6 Rfc8 18. Bg4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Rc7 20. Rfa1 Qe5 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 c5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 Rxc3 26. Ra5 Be4 27. f3 Bg6 28. Kf2 Bd3 29. Rxd5 Rc1 30. Ne2 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Nde5 12. Qf2 h6 13. h5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 g5 15. Be2 a6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Kb1 b5 18. Rhg1 Bxd5 19. exd5 f6 20. f4 Nd7 21. fxg5 fxg5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qf5 Ne5 24. Bd3 Rh8 25. Rde1 Qe8 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Qxe5+ Kg8 28. Rf1 Qd7 29. Bf5 Qe8 30. Bg6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ghannam, Kotayba"]
[Black "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,45,42,39,156,151,353,356,362,366,363,364,368,357,360,352,420,412,482,466,487,487,495,489,505,504,478,412,506,473,526,539,549,521,952,930,1212,1208]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 c6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Ne5 {LiveBook: 28 Games. B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nc4 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Ne3 {½-½ (53) Anand,V (2786)-Nakamura,H (2784) Moscow 2013}) 6... e6 {[#]} ({Black should play} 6... Nf6 $14) 7. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4f5,Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Be4 $2 {[#]} (7... Bg6 $16) 8. Nc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4a5] White is winning.} Bxc2 9. Nxa5 Bxd1 10. Kxd1 b6 11. Nc4 Nf6 12. g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. h3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 {1-0 (49) Csatari,L (1611)-Csontos,D (1570) Hungary 2014}) 12... Nfd7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Bg2 a5 16. Kc2 h5 17. g6 fxg6 18. Nce4 Bf6 19. Rad1 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 20. Nc4 b5 21. Ne5 Rc8 22. Nxg6+ Kf7 23. Nd6+ {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Black "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Nd4 10. O-O Ke8 11. Bxf7+ Kd7 12. Bc4 e6 13. Nf7 Rg8 14. Nxe5+ Ke7 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. Bg5+ Kf7 19. Ne4 Nxe5 20. Bb5 Bb4 21. a3 Ba5 22. Nd6+ Kg6 23. Bf4 Ng4 24. Bd3+ Kf6 25. Ne4+ Kf5 26. Rf1 Bb6+ 27. Kh1 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Bd6 Rd8 30. Nxf2+ Kf6 31. Ng4+ Kf7 32. Bb4 Kg8 33. Ne5 a5 34. Bc3 b6 35. Be4 Ra6 36. Nc6 Re8 37. Rd1 Bb7 38. Rd7 Bxc6 39. Bxc6 Rb8 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. Rxh7 Rd8 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. Bf6+ Kxf6 44. Rxd8 Ra7 45. Rd7 Ra6 46. a4 e5 47. Kg1 Ke6 48. Rh7 Kd6 49. Rh6+ Kc5 50. Bb5 Ra7 51. Kf2 Rf7+ 52. Ke2 Rf4 53. Rc6+ Kd5 54. Rxb6 Rb4 55. Kd3 Rd4+ 56. Ke3 Re4+ 57. Kd3 Rd4+ 58. Kc3 Ke4 59. Re6 Kf5 60. Re8 Rd1 61. h3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,29,20,23,42,32,54,24,38,12,32,19,34,25,35,37,126,-8,28,18]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Ne7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O {LiveBook: 34 Partien} f5 {A21: Englische Eröffnung} (7... c5 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Nbc6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 {½-½ (23) Saric,A (2563)-Jovanovic,Z (2541) Opatija 2015}) 8. d4 e4 9. Qb3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. f3 exf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. b4 Nf6 12. Qb3 c6 13. b5 Be6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 {0-1 (38) Wolstencroft,D (2180)-Ludgate,A (2275) Isle of Man 1994}) 9... c6 10. Bd2 Na6 11. f3 exf3 12. Bxf3 Kh8 13. Nf4 d5 (13... Nc7 $14) 14. c5 (14. cxd5 $16 {Droht Da3 und aus.} Nc7 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rf2) 14... g5 15. Nh5 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,50,9,13,4,14,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-22,-23,-18,-12,-4,-25,-34,-57,-5,-31,-22,-75,-72,-124,-117,-757,-757,-719,-719]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qc4 12. Nxc6 {B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines} bxc6 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 13. b3 (13. c3 Be6 14. b3 Qxc3 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Bxc6 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. h3 Bd4 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Be3 Bd4 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Be3 Bd4 {½-½ (22) Jobava,B (2727)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 13... Qc3 14. Qe2 {The position is equal.} a5 15. Be4 $1 Ba6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxa1 19. Bc5 Bf6 {0-1 (27) Hendriks,S-Hoffmann,U (2035) Kleve 1999}) 18. Rac1 Qxd3 19. Qf3 Qd5 20. Qe2 Rdc8 (20... a4 $15) 21. Rfd1 Qe6 22. Qf3 (22. Qc2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... a4 $17 23. bxa4 (23. Bc5 $142) 23... Rxa4 24. Rxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Re1 $17) 24... Rxc6 $19 25. Rd8+ Bf8 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,68,27,-5,12,3,10,8,29,-3,16,-50,-27,-44,-40,-73,-49,-97,-80,-81,-65,-98,-100,-167,-39,-379,-373,-367,-383,-390,-383,-468,-422,-550,-562,-569,-556,-549,-515,-593,-568,-761,-741,-732,-725,-856,-549,-770,-774,-814,-791,-779,-749,-991,-947]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Re8 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qc5 Qxc5 14. Bxc5 b6 15. Bb4 a5 16. Bc3 Nd7 {0-1 (63) Slipak,S (2456)-Perez Ponsa,F (2577) Buenos Aires 2016}) 9... h6 10. Be3 c6 11. Qe2 {The position is equal.} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. Rab1 Ng4 13. Bd2 f5 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Nh4 Qd6 16. exf5 e4 17. Nxg6 Ne5 18. Nxf8 Bxf5 19. Bf4 Rxf8 20. Kh2 Nd5 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxe4 {1-0 (23) Varho,I (1931)-Ruell,M (1749) Bad Homburg 2015}) 12. Rad1 {[#] Hoping for Nxe5!} Qc7 13. Nh4 (13. Ne1 $11) 13... a5 14. Qd2 Ng4 15. Rfe1 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...b4 would win. White is under strong pressure.} 17. b3 b4 18. Ne2 Ba6 19. Qd6 (19. Qe1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 19... Qc8 (19... Qxd6 $19 20. Rxd6 Rfd8 21. Rxc6 Rd1+ 22. Bf1 Nd7) 20. c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20. Nc1 $15) 20... Rd8 $19 21. Qxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bh3 Bf8 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Kg2 {Now Nc1 and White clings on.} Bc5 25. Rf3 Kg7 26. Nc1 Rd2 27. Nd3 Bd4 28. Kg1 Rxa2 29. Bf1 Ra1 30. Ng2 Bc8 31. Nde1 Bh3 32. Nc2 Rc1 33. Nge1 Bg4 34. Nxd4 Rxe1 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Black "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 b5 7. f4 Bb7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Bd3 b4 10. Ne2 a5 11. e5 Nd5 12. e6 Bc8 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. h3 Qc8 17. O-O Qe6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ng3 Qd7 22. Nh5 Na6 23. Qd3 Nc7 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. c4 e6 26. Qc3 Kf7 27. c5 Nd5 28. Qc1 Rhg8 29. cxd6 Qxd6 30. Ne5+ Kf6 31. Rf1 Rg3 32. Qxc6 Qxc6 33. Nxc6 Rag8 34. Rf2 Ne3 35. Nxa5 Rxg2+ 36. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rc2 38. Nb3 Rb2 39. Nc5 Nc2 40. Nd3 Rb6 41. a4 Nxa1 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hanna, Elie"]
[Black "Khader, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,66,-11,-11,-20,-27,-29,-25,-16,-66,-35,-61,-43,-56,-20,-24,-20,-18,-16,-15,-6,-49,-53,-50,-32,-50,-50,-133,-71,-93,-91,-95,-97,-206,-119,-263,-267,-331,-328,-333,-322,-758,-753,-1290,-1290,-1203,-1187,-1086,-714,-997,-776,-649,-449,-427,-382,-1623,-1595]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 Nd7 (3... e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 c6 9. d3 Qe7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. b4 Rad8 12. Qb3 a6 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 {1-0 (58) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-So,W (2812) Leuven 2017}) 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. d3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} Ngf6 7. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c6 8. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Bd6 10. f4 Bxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bc5 11. d4 Bb4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (68) Azaladze,S-Voskanian,G Tbilisi 2002}) 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Nf3 $1 c5 13. d4 Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 14. c4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Rd8 16. Qa4 O-O 17. O-O Be4 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Rac1 {[#]} (19. Qb3 $15) 19... Nb8 (19... f6 $142 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 20. exf6 Nxf6) 20. Qb3 Nc6 21. Qc3 Rd7 22. Rd2 (22. dxc5 $17 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1) 22... Rfd8 ({Better is} 22... Bxf3 $19 23. Bxf3 cxd4 24. exd4 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rxd4 Qc5) 23. Rcd1 (23. dxc5 $17 {was the only defense.} bxc5 24. Rcd1) 23... Bxf3 $19 24. gxf3 cxd4 25. exd4 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Kf2 $2 ({Of course not} 26. Rxd4 Qc5 $19) (26. Qe3) 26... Qxe5 27. Bf1 Qxh2+ 28. Bg2 Qh4+ 29. Kf1 e5 30. c5 bxc5 31. Qxc5 Ne6 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 $2 (33. Qc8+ Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Nxd8 35. Qc5) 33... Nxc5 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Shamieh, Jamal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Qd8 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qd2 Nf8 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5 Nxf4 15. Bxe8 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Be6 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Nde4 a6 19. Bf1 Bf5 20. Nc5 Rd2 21. g3 Rxb2 22. N5a4 Rc2 23. Rac1 N4e6 24. Rxc2 Bxc2 25. Rc1 Nd4 26. Nc5 Bh6 27. f4 e5 28. Ne2 Bf5 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Nxb7 Ne6 31. Nd6 Bg4 32. Rc8+ Bf8 33. Ne8 Bf3 34. Bxa6 Bd5 35. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abdo, Moussa"]
[Black "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bxb5 8. Qxb5+ Qd7 9. Ne5 Qxb5 10. Nxb5 Na6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13. O-O Nb4 14. Rac1 Na6 15. Rcd1 Nb4 16. Rc1 Na6 17. Rcd1 Nb4 18. Rc1 Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ward, Serge"]
[Black "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e5 Nc6 7. Qa4 Ng8 8. Bf4 Nh6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Rd2 b5 14. Qe4 Qc8 15. Qd3 Nb8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Ra7 18. g4 Rc7 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qe3 Rd8 21. Bxh6 Bh8 22. Bf4 e6 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Bf6 Qb7 25. Rhd1 d5 26. Qh6 Nxe5 27. Bxh8 Kxh8 28. Nxe5 Rec8 29. g5 Rc5 30. Ng4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Black "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1292"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Ne5 e6 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Qxg4 Qb6 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nc3 Nc2 12. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saeed, Riad"]
[Black "Altorky, Amer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Bc5 8. O-O h6 9. Nd5 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. a3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. b4 Ba7 14. c4 f5 15. Bc2 Ng6 16. Be3 e4 17. Nh2 Bxe3 18. fxe3 b6 19. Qd4 Bd7 20. Bb3 Rc8 21. Rac1 Ne5 22. Rc2 a5 23. c5 a4 24. Ba2 Bb5 25. Rd1 Bd3 26. Rc3 bxc5 27. bxc5 Kh7 28. c6 Qg5 29. Rd2 f4 30. Rdxd3 exd3 31. Bb1 fxe3 32. Bxd3+ Nxd3 33. Qxd3+ Qf5 34. Qxe3 Qb1+ 35. Nf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kh2 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Aboumrad, Camil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 Nc6 5. Ngf3 Bd6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 Ng6 8. a4 Na5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nc4 Bc5 12. e5 Ne7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Bc6 16. Nc4 Qd5 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. b3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qe8 22. h4 Nd5 23. Qe1 Qe7 24. h5 Qf8 25. Nxa5 Qc5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Chaaya, Antoine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 d5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 a6 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rg1 Ndf6 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Qe2 b5 18. f4 Qh4 19. Rg5 Nhxf4 20. exf4 Nxf4 21. Qf3 Kf8 22. Qg3 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 f5 24. Qf3 Rac8 25. Rh5 Qxe4+ 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. Rxh7 Red8 28. Rh4 Rxd4 29. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. h3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c3 Qc7 9. Qc2 e5 10. Bh2 Re8 11. Nbd2 c5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 Nh5 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. Bc4 Ne6 16. Nb3 Nhf4 17. Rd2 a6 18. Rfd1 Rb8 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Rd5 c4 21. Nc1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Ne2 Be6 24. R5d2 b5 25. Nfd4 Bc8 26. f3 a5 27. Rb1 b4 28. Qd1 Be5 29. Kf1 Qb6 30. Rc1 Ba6 31. Ke1 Rbd8 32. Kf1 Rd6 33. Rb1 Red8 34. Rc1 Qc5 35. Ke1 Bc8 36. Qc2 bxc3 37. bxc3 f5 38. Rb1 fxe4 39. Rb5 Qxb5 40. Nxb5 Rxd2 41. Qxe4 R2d5 42. Qxc4 Be6 43. Kf2 Bf7 44. Qc6 Rd2 45. a4 Ra2 46. Nbd4 Bxd4+ 47. cxd4 Rb8 48. d5 Rbb2 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. Qc3+ Kh6 51. Qd4 Rxe2+ 52. Kg1 Rxg2+ 53. Kf1 Rgb2 54. Qxf4+ Kg7 55. Qd4+ Kg8 56. Qd1 Rd2 57. Qb1 Bxd5 58. Qb8+ Kf7 59. Qc7+ Ke6 60. Qc8+ Ke5 61. Qh8+ Kf4 62. Qf6+ Ke3 63. Qg5+ Kxf3 64. Qg4+ Ke3 65. Qg5+ Kd4 66. Qf6+ Kd3 67. Qa6+ Kc3 68. Qxa5+ Kd4 69. Qb6+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Louak, Milad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1547"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. e4 Be7 9. Bxc4 Na5 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e5 Be7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 f5 17. Rfe1 Rf7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Rab1 c6 22. Rb4 Rd8 23. h3 c5 24. Ra4 Nc6 25. Bb5 cxd4 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. cxd4 Red7 28. Rc1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxc6 Ra4 31. Rxe6 Rxa2 32. Kf1 Kf7 33. Rd6 Ke7 34. f4 Ra4 35. g3 a5 36. Ke2 Ra2+ 37. Ke3 a4 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 h6 40. h4 h5 41. Kc3 a3 42. Kb3 a2 43. Kxa2 Ke6 44. Kb3 Kd5 45. Kc3 Kc5 46. Kb3 Kd5 47. Kb4 Kc6 48. Kc4 Kd7 49. Kd5 Ke7 50. e6 Ke8 51. Kd6 Kd8 52. e7+ Ke8 53. Ke6 g5 54. Kxf5 gxf4 55. gxf4 Kxe7 56. Kg5 Kf7 57. Kxh5 Kf6 58. Kg4 Kg6 59. h5+ Kg7 60. Kg5 Kh8 61. Kg6 Kg8 62. f5 Kh8 63. f6 Kg8 64. h6 Kh8 65. Kf7 Kh7 66. Ke8 Kg8 67. h7+ Kh8 68. f7 Kxh7 69. f8=Q Kg6 70. Qf7+ Kg5 71. Ke7 Kg4 72. Qf6 Kg3 73. Qf5 Kg2 74. Qf4 Kg1 75. Qf3 Kh2 76. Qg4 Kh1 77. Ke6 Kh2 78. Ke5 Kh1 79. Kf4 Kh2 80. Kf3 Kh1 81. Qg2# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Edelby, Ahmad"]
[Black "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e3 Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. f3 c6 11. g4 Nc5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. h4 b5 14. Na3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Nd5 16. Nxb5 cxb5 17. Qxd5 Ba6 18. Qd7 Qa5 19. a3 Red8 20. Qc6 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Ke2 Rc8 23. Qe4 b4+ 24. Kf2 bxa3 25. b4 axb2 26. bxa5 b1=Q 27. Kg3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 Ne5 7. d3 d6 8. d4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 Ne8 13. Be3 f5 14. f4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Bf2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qd2 a5 19. Rae1 h6 20. Nc1 a4 21. Nd3 b5 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 Ra3 24. Qb2 Ra8 25. Nd2 Bf5 26. Rf3 Qa5 27. cxb5 Qxb5 28. Nc4 Rb8 29. g4 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Black "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1466"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,144,31,20,26,6,6,0,30,7,23,23,36,27,241,235,241,232,291,236,259,230,447,416,445,164,177,163,213,25,27,22,31,0,0,-52,-52,-51,18,20,60,-68,-64,-64,-69,-72,-79,-79,-66,-79,-78,-79,0,0,0,-96,11,14,443,443,443,442,420,413,592,591,587,578,600,619,611,600,1096,1064,1031,1005,993,1010,1309,1254,1118,1014,5097,5189,29971,29973,29977,29978,29978,29979,29978,29980,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29983,29984,29984,29983,29984,29984,29984,29984,29985,29986,29985,29986,29987,29990,29991,29991,29988,29993,29993,29994,29992,29995,29995,29996,29995,29995,29996,29996,29996,29996,29997,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 a6 6. cxd5 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} exd5 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h6 (7... c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. g4 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rhg1 b5 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nf4 c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Nh5 Rec8 21. Nd4 Ne5 {0-1 (39) Rajkovic,D (2486)-Miladinovic,I (2571) Kragujevac 2009}) 8. Bxf6 {White has an edge.} (8. Bf4 {seems wilder.} O-O 9. Rc1 Re8 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Be5) 8... Bxf6 9. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. Na4 Re8 14. Nb6 {0-1 (38) Hartai,Z (1611)-Zahonyi,A (1745) Hungary 2002}) 9... Be6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. a3 Qd7 12. O-O O-O-O $2 {[#]} (12... O-O $11) 13. b4 $18 Na7 14. Rfb1 c6 15. b5 cxb5 16. Nxb5+ Nc6 $2 (16... Kb8) 17. Na7+ Kc7 {[#]} 18. Rb2 $2 (18. Bxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa6 19. Rc1) 18... Ra8 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc6+ $2 (20. Qd2 $18 Qd6 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4) 20... bxc6 $11 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rab1 Bc8 22. Nd2 c5 23. Nf3 (23. Bf1 $11) 23... c4 $15 24. Bc2 Bd7 (24... Re8 $15) 25. Rb7+ $11 Kd8 26. Rb8+ (26. Ne5 $14 Bxe5 27. dxe5) 26... Rxb8 $15 27. Rxb8+ Bc8 28. Kf1 Kc7 29. Rb1 Re8 30. h3 Be7 31. a4 Bd7 ({Black should play} 31... Be6 $17) 32. Ne5 $11 Be6 33. e4 (33. a5 $11) 33... dxe4 (33... Bd6 $17 {aiming for ...Bxe5.} 34. Ng4 dxe4) 34. Bxe4 {Hoping for Rb7+.} Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Bd6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 35. Rxb8 $18 Kxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 36. Nc6+ Kc7 37. Nxe7 Kb6 (37... Kd6 {was called for.} 38. Nf5+ Bxf5 39. Bxf5 Kd5) 38. d5 Bd7 39. Nc6 f5 40. Bf3 g5 41. Ke2 g4 42. hxg4 fxg4 43. Be4 Kc5 44. Kd2 h5 45. f4 gxf3 46. gxf3 h4 47. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} h3 48. f5 {White mates.} h2 49. f6 Be8 50. Kc3 Bg6 51. Bh1 Bf7 52. Ne5 Bxd5 53. f7 Bxf7 54. Nxf7 Kb6 55. Kxc4 Ka5 56. Kb3 Kb6 57. Ne5 Kc5 58. Ng4 Kb6 59. Nxh2 Kc5 60. Nf3 Kb6 61. Kb4 Kc6 62. Ka5 Kb7 63. Nd4+ Kc7 64. Kxa6 Kb8 65. Kb6 Kc8 66. a5 Kb8 67. a6 Kc8 68. a7 Kd8 69. a8=Q+ Ke7 70. Qa5 Kf6 71. Qf5+ Ke7 72. Bc6 Kd8 73. Qd7# {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Black "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1402"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Nb6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Be2 Kh8 13. Qg3 Nfd7 14. f4 Bf6 15. a4 Rfe8 16. a5 Nc8 17. Bg4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Nf6 20. Bxc8 Rexc8 21. Qd3 Qxa5 22. Rxd6 Rd8 23. Rd1 Re8 24. e5 Ng8 25. Ne4 h6 26. Rd7 Re7 27. Rxe7 Nxe7 28. Qd6 Ng6 29. f5 Re8 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6 Rxe5 32. Rd7 Rg5 33. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1346"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. h3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bg3 cxd4 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. Rad1 d3 20. f3 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Raxe8 22. fxe4 fxe4 23. Be5+ Bf6 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Rf1 Ref8 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Kh2 Kg6 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29. g4 Ke5 30. Kg3 Kd6 31. b4 a5 32. a3 Bc6 33. Kf2 Ke5 34. Ke1 axb4 35. axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 a6 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. h4 h5 13. O-O-O b5 14. a3 a5 15. Ne2 Qb8 16. Be3 b4 17. a4 Qe8 18. Nf4 Kh7 19. g4 Bxa4 20. gxh5 Nxh5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Rhg1 Bf6 23. Qd5 Be5 24. f4 e6 25. Qd3 Bb5 26. Qd2 a4 27. fxe5 axb3 28. Kb1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Black "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1262"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 d4 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. a4 e5 12. Ba3 Qe7 13. Bc1 h6 14. Nh4 Na5 15. Nb2 Be6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ng4 18. Qc1 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 g5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Ne3 22. Rf2 Nc6 23. Nd1 Nxd1 24. Qxd1 Ne5 25. Qh5 Qe6 26. Raf1 Qg6 27. Qd1 Nd7 28. Bh3 Rad8 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Rf6 Qg7 31. Qh5 Kh7 32. Qh3 Re7 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Qxc5 Ree8 35. Qxa7 Re6 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Qxd4+ Kg8 39. Qb6 Qe7 40. e5 Kh8 41. Qd6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Amer, Majeed"]
[Black "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. a3 a6 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Ba2 Bb7 11. c3 b4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Nfd4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. f4 e6 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Bb7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bh6 Qc6 21. Rf2 Bxh6 22. Nd4 Qxc3 23. Ne2 Qe5 24. Kh1 Nh5 25. d4 Qe7 26. Qd3 Kg7 27. Ng3 Nxg3+ 28. Qxg3 Rac8 29. Bb1 Qg5 30. Qxd6 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bitar, Joe"]
[Black "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,60,0,0,10,-2,16,-16,13,9,15,-28,-29,-77,-88,-75,-81,-73,-72,-67,-50,-83,-78,-151,-68,-116,-82,-214,-223,-188,-205,-204,-86,-73,-18,-170,-169,-155,-157,-868,-878,-826,-810]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. O-O g6 9. Rb1 Bg7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f3 O-O {B57: Classical Sicilian: Sozin with 6...Qb6} 12. Qd2 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb7 13. Rbd1 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bb3 Rfd8 16. Qf2 e5 17. Nb5 Qa5 18. a4 d4 19. Bd2 {0-1 (26) Penalver,M (1930)-Lillo Castany,V (2319) Barcelona 2014}) 13. Bh6 Bh8 {The position is equal.} 14. Kh1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 15. Qd3 a4 16. Ne2 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bb5 ({Not} 18. Bxd5 $2 Ba6 $19) 18... Bf5 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Bd3 e5 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 21. c3 {[#]} (21. Ng3 $142) 21... Be6 ({Better is} 21... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4d3]} 22. Bc2 Bb5) 22. Qg5 e4 23. fxe4 (23. Bb5 $17 {was called for.} exf3 24. Bxe8 fxe2 25. Rxf6 Rxe8 26. Rf2) 23... dxe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 24. Bb5 {[#]} Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rc7h2][%mdl 512]} 25. Qh4 Reb8 (25... Nxh6 $19 26. Bxe8 Nf5 27. Rxf5 Bxf5) 26. Bf4 $17 Be5 (26... Ne5 $17 27. Nd4 Bxa2) 27. Bxe5 $2 (27. Nd4 $11) 27... Qxe5 $19 28. c4 Rd8 29. Rfd1 $2 (29. Qg3 $17) 29... Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 g5 {Precision: White = 17%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Black "Saad, Charbel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Ne5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Ne8 10. h4 c5 11. Qh5 f5 12. g4 Qe7 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Nf3 Qf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. Bxf5 Nb6 17. Bd3 Nc7 18. Rg1 Ne6 19. Bh2 Bd7 20. O-O-O Kg8 21. Be2 Be8 22. Rg2 a5 23. Ng1 Ba4 24. Rd2 Bc6 25. Nh3 d4 26. Rg3 dxe3 27. fxe3 Rfe8 28. Rg1 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hijazi, Asma"]
[Black "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d5 4. e3 e5 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O e4 8. dxe4 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Ng5 Nb4 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxc2 13. Rb1 Be2 14. Re1 Nxe1 15. Bd2 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 Bd6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Black "Saab, Riad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 c6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Bg4 9. Be3 Na6 10. Ba2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 h5 13. Qh3 Kd8 14. Qe3 Nh6 15. h3 Ke8 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. c4 d5 18. exd5 bxc4 19. Bxc4 cxd5 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxe5+ Qe6 22. Qxe6+ fxe6 23. Nf4 Ke7 24. Ng6+ Kf7 25. Nxh8+ Rxh8 26. Rac1 Re8 27. Rc7+ Re7 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Rc1 a5 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. Ra7 e5 32. Rxa5 Ke6 33. b4 Nf5 34. Kf1 Nd4 35. Ke1 e4 36. dxe4 dxe4 37. Kd1 Nc6 38. Ra6 Kd5 39. Kc2 Nd4+ 40. Kb2 Kc4 41. Ra5 Nb3 42. Rxh5 Nd2 43. Rc5+ Kd4 44. Rc7 Nc4+ 45. Kb3 Nd2+ 46. Ka2 Kd3 47. Rxg7 Nc4 48. h4 e3 49. fxe3 Nxe3 50. b5 Nf5 51. Rg4 Nd4 52. Rxd4+ Kxd4 53. b6 Ke5 54. b7 Kf5 55. b8=Q Kg4 56. Qb4+ Kg3 57. h5 Kxg2 58. h6 Kg3 59. h7 Kf3 60. h8=Q Ke3 61. Qh3+ Kf2 62. Qd2+ Kg1 63. Qhg2# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khan, Amani"]
[Black "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a3 Bg4 8. b4 Nd4 9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh3 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Ne2 Bg5 13. f4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. Ng1 Bg4 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. d4 Rfe8 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 g6 21. Nf3 Re7 22. e5 Qf5 23. Nh4 Qd7 24. Qe4 c6 25. e6 Rxe6 26. Qd3 Rae8 27. Nf3 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Qe6 29. Qd2 Qe4+ 30. f3 Qe3 31. Qxe3 fxe3 32. Ng2 e2 33. Re1 g5 34. c4 Nf4 35. Nxf4 gxf4 36. Kg2 f5 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Kg6 40. b5 cxb5 41. c5 d5 42. Kf2 Kg5 43. Kg2 a5 44. Kf2 Kh4 45. Kg2 b4 46. axb4 axb4 47. Kf2 b3 48. Ke2 b2 49. Kd2 b1=Q 50. Kc3 Qe1+ 51. Kb3 Qe3+ 52. Kb4 Qxd4+ 53. Kb5 Qb2+ 54. Ka4 d4 55. Ka5 d3 56. Ka4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milan, Sami"]
[Black "Eid, Wissam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. cxd4 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Ngf3 Ne7 9. O-O d6 10. Qb1 h6 11. Qd1 Qe8 12. e4 Ng6 13. Bd3 Nf4 14. Bc2 Bg4 15. Re1 Qc8 16. Re3 Re8 17. Bb3 Nh7 18. Qf1 Ne6 19. Nh4 Nxd4 20. Ndf3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bd7 22. Nd4 Nf6 23. Rg3 Rxe4 24. Nhf3 Rg4 25. Rxg4 Nxg4 26. Re1 Qf8 27. Nh4 Ne5 28. Re3 f5 29. Qb1 f4 30. Rc3 c5 31. Ne2 Qf6 32. Nf3 Bb5 33. Qe4 Bxe2 34. Qxe2 Re8 35. Qb5 Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schoucair, Thomas"]
[Black "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1383"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. O-O Nf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Ne5 8. g4 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bg6 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nf3 Nxe4 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nf4 Bh7 14. Be3 Be7 15. c3 Bg5 16. Nh5 O-O 17. b4 b6 18. a4 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Bg6 20. Qd3 Ng3 21. Qd2 Bxh5 22. gxh5 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Qe7 24. e4 Rad8 25. Kh1 Qb7 26. Kh2 Qxe4 27. Rg1 Qxf3 28. Qxh6 Qxc3 29. Rg5 Qd2+ 30. Kh1 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxh5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schoucair, Matteo"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O h6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nd5 d6 7. d4 Bxd4 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nb4 Qd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd3 Bc5 14. a3 Bg6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nxa6 Bb6 17. b3 d5 18. Bb2 Qd6 19. exd5 Bxd3 20. Bxe5 Qxd5 21. cxd3 Rxa6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Re4 Qxd3 24. Rae1 f5 25. Re5 Qd4 26. Rb5 Rxa3 27. g4 Rxb3 28. Rxb3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vayanos, George"]
[Black "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "1332"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. Ng4 d5 6. d3 Qxg4 7. c3 Qxg2 8. Rf1 Nf3+ 9. Ke2 Bg4 10. Qa4+ c6 11. Bxd5 Nxh2+ 12. Kd2 Nxf1+ 13. Ke1 Bd7 14. Bb3 Nf6 15. e5 Ng4 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qf4+ Ke8 18. Be3 Nfxe3 19. Na3 Bxa3 20. fxe3 Qg1+ 21. Qf1 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Rf8+ 24. Kg2 Bxc3 25. d4 Nxe3+ 26. Kg3 Bxd4 27. Rxb7 Bxe5+ 28. Kh4 Ng2+ 29. Kg5 Bf4+ 30. Kh5 g6# 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,76,88,89,92,98,75,88,66,77,52,62,42,46,41,56,39,60,28,33,22,33,-29,0,-52,0,-152,-135,-292,-308,-408,-278,-318,-324,-300,-282,-281,-65,-72,-72,-60,-79,-63,-32,-38,-37,-37,-20,-20,-19,-20,-13,-13,-3]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Na6 9. O-O Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. a3 Qe7 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} 13. Nd2 Nh6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. b4 b6 16. h3 Rfc8 17. Bd3 Nf7 18. Re1 Bh6 19. Nf1 Bg5 20. Bg3 Bf4 21. Ne2 Bxg3 22. Nexg3 Nc7 23. Ne3 Qe8 24. Qd2 {½-½ (24) Kosic,D (2478)-Damljanovic,B (2568) Neum 2014}) 14... Nf7 {White is better.} 15. Qc2 Bh6 16. Rae1 Nc7 17. f3 Ne8 18. Kh1 Ng7 19. Bf2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. g3 Qf6 22. Bg1 Bd7 23. g4 (23. Rb1 $14) 23... Bf4 24. gxf5 ({White should try} 24. Ne2 $11) 24... Nxf5 (24... Qh6 $1 $15 25. f6 Bxd2 26. fxg7 Kxg7) 25. Nde4 $2 (25. Ne2 $11) 25... Qh6 $17 26. Re2 $2 (26. b4 $17 {keeps fighting.} cxb4 27. axb4) 26... Kh8 $19 27. Nb5 Ng5 {[#] aiming for ...Nxe4.} 28. Rg2 {intending Nxg5.} Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Ng3+ 30. Rxg3 Bxb5 $2 ({Better is} 30... Bxg3 $19 31. Nxd6 Bf4) 31. Be3 $1 $15 {[%cal Re3f4]} Bxe3 32. cxb5 Rg8 33. Rg4 Qh3 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 h5 36. Rg3 {The position is equal.} Bf4 37. Rxg8+ Rxg8+ 38. Kh3 Kg7 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,119,18,40,19,39,25,25,26,43,33,20,18,30,15,12,12,25,9,9,15,19,10,11,14,14,14,19,16,25,25,34,18,33,29,47,46,47,42,45,42,53,47,61,54,59,58,55,27,42,20,25,20,43,33,39,35,47,54,34,50,35,33,117,117,117,119,132,130,128,129,181,177,156,218,369,327,582,581,516,544,696,936,936,914,759,899,936,934,932,911,925,925,789,720,12848,29960,9475,5700,29976,5110,2318,1430]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qe7 8. O-O c6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Qe3 Re8 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 11. Na3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 {White has an edge.} Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Rxe5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nb6 17. Nc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. b4 f6 18. Rab1 Re7 19. b5 Bd7 20. e5 Rxe5 21. bxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Ra5 24. Nc4 Rxa2 25. Nxb6 axb6 {½-½ (25) Roeder,M (2467)-Balashov,Y (2575) Germany 2000}) 17... Kf8 18. Nb4 Re7 19. Nd3 Be6 20. Nc5 Rd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bc8 23. f4 f6 24. Kf2 Nd7 25. Nd3 Nb6 26. b3 Rd7 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Bf3 Nd7 30. h4 Nf8 31. g4 h6 32. f5 Nd7 33. Kf4 g5+ 34. Ke3 Re8 35. Rh1 c5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. e5 Nxe5 38. Nxe5 (38. Nxc5 b6 $15) 38... Kd6 $1 39. Kf2 Rxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. Rh6 Ke7 (40... Bxf5 $1 $14 41. gxf5 Rxf5) 41. Rh7+ $16 Kd6 42. Rf7 (42. Bxb7 $6 Bxb7 43. Rxb7 Re7 $11) 42... Re8 43. Rxf6+ Ke5 44. Rf7 Kf4 (44... a6 $16 45. Rc7 (45. Bxb7 Bxb7 46. Rxb7 Kf4 $16) 45... b6) 45. Rc7 $18 ({And not} 45. Bxb7 Bxb7 46. Rxb7 Rf8 $11) 45... b6 46. Rxa7 {[#] Black must now prevent Ra4+.} b5 $2 (46... Rd8 47. Be2 Rd6) 47. Rc7 Ba6 $2 (47... Rh8 {keeps fighting.} 48. Re7 (48. Rxc5 Rh2+ 49. Kg1 Rxa2 $16) 48... Rh2+ 49. Bg2 Kxg4) 48. Rxc5 Re3 49. Be2 Rh3 50. f6 {[%cal Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Rh2+ 51. Ke1 Rh8 52. Rf5+ Ke3 53. f7 {Hoping for Re5+.} Rf8 54. Rf6 Bc8 55. Bxb5 Bxg4 56. Bc4 Rd8 {[#]} 57. Be2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe2 58. Re6+ Kd3 59. Rxe2 (59. Re8 $142 Rxe8 60. fxe8=Q Bg4 61. Qe5 Bf3 62. Qxg5 Ke4 63. Kd2 Kd4 64. Qe3+ Kd5 65. Qxf3+ Ke6 66. a4) 59... Rf8 60. Re7 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,-3,0,-26,-6,-44,-19,-19,43,38,24,-10,0,-16,-12,0,0,-33,-7,-10,0,-10,9,30,41,46,60,0,0,7,32,26,329,314,329,321,319,318,337,297,325,281,283,269,273,287,1630,1570,1596,1485,29990,29990,29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qe2 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (6. d3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Kh1 e6 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Qe1 Nxb3 11. axb3 b6 12. Qh4 Nh5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. e5 f5 15. exd6 Rxd6 {½-½ (44) Gashimov,V (2758)-Zubov,A (2581) Warsaw 2009}) 6... c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nbd7 7. e5 Nh5 8. d4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bh6 10. g3 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Bg4 13. Rd1 a5 {1-0 (69) Sikora,R (1862)-Luczka,S (1630) Zamosc 2013}) 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 {The position is equal.} Ng4 (8... Nh5 $11) 9. h3 $14 Nh6 $1 10. e6 f6 11. g4 Nc6 12. d3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne4 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. O-O Qc7 17. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qc6 18. Ng3 ({White should play} 18. a4 $14) 18... g5 $11 19. Bd2 f5 {[#] Hoping for ...Be5!} 20. Bxg5 fxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Be5 $1 $11 21. Rf4 Bxf4 22. Bxf4 fxg4 23. Bxh6 Rf6) 21. Bxe7 $18 Rf3 22. Rxf3 gxf3 23. Qf2 Kh8 24. Re1 Re8 25. Bg5 Qc5 26. Qd2 Nf5 {[#]} 27. Qf4 $1 h6 $2 (27... Nxg3 28. Qxg3 Qf5) 28. Nxf5 f2+ 29. Kxf2 {Bf6! would kill now.} Qc6 30. Re4 {White mates.} hxg5 31. Qxg5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg5g7]} Qc7 32. Rh4+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Ghannam, Kotayba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,59,30,56,47,47,47,40,37,65,57,139,137,124,133,124,120,149,88,236,243,236,243,275,251,252,264,296,318,270,216,385,322,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Nbd7 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. f5 Bd7 {[#]} 15. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. g4 Nxg4 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. Qxg7 {½-½ (88) Cheparinov,I (2687)-Kuzubov,Y (2578) Cala Mayor 2008}) 15... b5 16. a3 $1 Rc8 (16... h6 $14) 17. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} h6 18. h4 Bc6 {Threatening ...Bxe4!} 19. g5 Nd7 20. Bg4 ({Better is} 20. Rhg1) 20... Rb8 (20... a5 $16 {was necessary.}) 21. f6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf6g7]} gxf6 22. Bxd7+ $1 ({Don't play} 22. gxh6 $6 Bf8 $16) 22... Qxd7 {[#]} 23. gxf6 $1 Bxf6 {[#]} 24. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d7][%mdl 512]} Qc8 (24... dxc5 25. Rxd7) 25. Rxd6 Be7 26. Rd2 a5 $2 (26... b4) 27. Nd5 Bxc5 $2 (27... Bxd5 $18 28. Rxd5 Qc7) 28. Nf6+ {White mates.} ({Less strong is} 28. Qxc5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qc7 $18) 28... Ke7 29. Qxc5+ Kxf6 30. Rf1+ {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Black "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,76,13,14,12,8,11,11,13,17,10,31,20,10,18,39,-10,-2,-13,-9,-6,-17,-64,-45,-37,-37,-220,-210,-217,-218,-218,-198,-211,-227,-218,-193,-212,-193,-182,-184,-177,-181,-262,-245,-431,-427,-439,-381,-501,-499,-884,-877,-870,-832,-29997,-29998]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. d4 Nc6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Nd5 11. Bxd5 {E57: Nimzoindisch (Moderne Variante)} exd5 (11... Bxg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne4 Bf4 14. Qc2 a5 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Nc5 Qd5 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. Ne4 h6 {1-0 (77) Kamsky,G (2746)-Prasca Sosa,R (2415) Istanbul 2012}) 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5h4,Bh4f3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 9 Partien} 13. Re1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} h6 14. Qb3 Rb8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... b6 15. Rac1 a6 16. Ne2 Bf5 17. Nf4 Qd6 18. Ne5 Rac8 {½-½ (30) Soysal,S (2367)-Kiremitciyan,A (2240) Kocaeli 2017}) 15. Ne5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} Be6 16. Rad1 Nf5 17. Ng6 Re8 18. Nf4 Qf6 19. Qa4 Nh4 $1 20. Nh5 ({Doch nicht} 20. Ncxd5 Qg5 $17) 20... Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxf3 {Droht ...b5 und aus.} 22. Rxe6 (22. Ng3 {wird mattgesetzt.} Bh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxe8+ Kh7 25. Qh8+ Kxh8 26. Nh1 Qg2#) 22... Rxe6 23. Ng3 h5 $1 $40 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 160] Droht stark ...h4. Weiss muss sich nun genau verteidigen.} 24. Qb5 $2 ({Falsch wäre} 24. Qxa7 $2 Rbe8 $19) (24. h4 $1 $15) 24... h4 $19 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Nxd5 hxg3 27. hxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel [#] KTT-KTS} Re2 $1 28. b4 Rc8 29. Ne3 Ra2 30. Rd3 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Re1 32. d5 (32. Nc4 {war einen Versuch wert.}) 32... Ree2 33. Rc3 $2 (33. Kf3) 33... Rxf2+ 34. Kh3 Rad2 35. b5 Kh7 36. Rc7 (36. Ng4 $142 Rfe2 37. Ne3) 36... f5 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rf2h2]} 37. Kh4 Kh6 {[%cal Rf2h2]} 38. g4 g5+ {Precision: Weiß = 31%, Schwarz = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Black "Edelby, Ahmad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,60,30,29,28,25,27,33,0,11,8,23,-24,22,0,17,10,10,-15,-9,-12,25,20,29,-8,13,8,33,17,31,34,25,-63,36,-523,-516,-504,-423,-469,-361,-536,-393,-379,-375,-375,-374,-363,-362,-374,-366]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. f3 {B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines} Nf6 9. Qd2 a6 10. Ba4 {White is slightly better.} (10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. b3 O-O 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 {½-½ (42) Saenko,O (2516)-Saglione,E (2547) ICCF email 2010}) 10... b5 11. Bb3 Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. g4 O-O 13. O-O-O Na5 14. Kb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. h4 b4 {1-0 (26) Just,A (1982)-Diederichs,L (1847) Bad Wiessee 2013}) 12. a3 Nxb3 (12... e5 $5 13. Nde2 $8 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Be6 $11) 13. Nxb3 Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Bh6 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Rc7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 e5 21. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 22. Rfd1 (22. Nd4 $11) 22... Kg8 ({Black should try} 22... Bxb3 $15 23. cxb3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 d5) 23. Qxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23. Nd4 $14 {stays ahead.}) 23... Qxd6 $19 24. Rxd6 Bxb3 25. c3 Rc6 26. Rd7 (26. Rd2 $142) 26... a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 27. h3 {[#]Black is winning.} b4 $1 28. axb4 axb4 29. Rb7 Rc4 30. Kh2 Ba4 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Milan, Sami"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,0,0,0,31,0,0,-14,26,20,44,40,63,35,63,29,49,27,79,40,69,28,35,30,165,76,76,70,73,60,143,149,185,183,354,352,643,605,614,596,642,653]} 1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 (3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Bg6 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 {½-½ (35) Aronian,L (2785)-Carlsen,M (2840) Doha 2016}) 3... cxd5 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Bc5 7. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. d4 Bb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nd7 {1-0 (26) Schmidt,C (1322)-Draper,M (1052) Lansing 2004}) 7... O-O 8. b4 {The position is equal.} Bb6 9. Bb2 Ne8 10. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d1,Bd1b2,Bb2d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} a6 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Rc2 Ba7 13. Qa1 b5 (13... Nd6 $11 {remains equal.}) 14. Rcc1 Rb8 15. Nd1 Bb7 16. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ne5 {[#]} (16... Nef6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 17. Nxb5 (17. Nxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is more deadly.} fxe6 18. Bxe5) 17... axb5 $16 18. Bxe5 Ra8 19. Nb2 Qb6 ({Black should try} 19... f6 $14 20. Bc3 Nd6) 20. Nd3 Rd8 21. Nc5 Bb8 $2 (21... Bc8 22. Bd4 Qb8) 22. Bxb8 $18 Ba6 $2 (22... Rxb8 23. Nd7 Qd8) 23. Nxa6 {White is clearly winning.} Qxa6 24. Be5 Qa8 25. Rc5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,61,43,47,43,39,58,40,44,36,39,0,19,-166,-140,-138,-122,-168,-108,-141,-118,-127,-125,-97,-96,-94,-49,-58,-61,-64,-40,-22,-41,-59,-60,-64,-38,-31,-4,-12]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 f5 13. Rb1 {LiveBook: 8 Games. E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (13. Bg2 a5 14. h4 Nf6 15. Bh3 Kh8 16. Kg2 c6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. h5 f4 20. hxg6 Qb6 21. Qb3 {1-0 (34) Mchedlishvili,M (2590)-Cori Tello,J (2641) Linares 2017}) 13... Nf6 14. b4 Qd7 15. Bg2 {White is slightly better.} Rf7 16. exf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. c5 Raf8 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Be3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nfxd5 20. Ng5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 {0-1 (36) Horak,J (2196)-Weichhold,P (2382) Teplice 2013}) 16... gxf5 17. f4 e4 18. Nb5 $2 {[#]} (18. Be3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 18... Nexd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Qb3 (19. cxd5 Qxb5) 19... Ne7 20. Rd1 {[#]} a6 (20... h5 $1 $19 21. Bf1 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. gxh4 Bh6) 21. Nc3 Qe6 22. Be3 Nh5 23. Kh2 c6 24. a4 Rd8 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 d5 {Threatens to win with ...d4.} 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Qb6 Qc8 29. Na4 Nf6 30. Bf1 Nd7 31. Qb3 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,113,6,18,14,3,4,27,6,22,18,27,25,44,0,13,25,64,62,58,73,218,217,258,238,277,276,460,442,460,452,453,448,443,450,433,397,449,443,457,372,374,372,361,347,436,283,283,283,275,268,256,256,493,493,483,483,495,438,435,428,404,116,82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,103,0,299,0,105,112,120,120,120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 {LiveBook: 11 Partien} 9. Nxc6 {D04: Damenbauernspiele} bxc6 10. c4 Qc7 (10... a5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Qc1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 e5 15. Rd1 d4 16. exd4 exd4 {0-1 (36) Adly,A (2594)-Svidler,P (2753) Dubai 2014}) 11. Qd4 $146 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} ({Vorgänger:} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a3 Rac8 15. b4 Qd8 16. Na4 Qd6 {1-0 (63) Norowitz,Y-Matlin,A (1866) ICC INT 2009}) 11... Re8 (11... Ba6 {seems wilder.} 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. Na4 dxc4 14. Qc3 Ne8) 12. Nc3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} e5 13. Qh4 h6 14. Rac1 g5 (14... d4 $5 15. exd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Bf5 $11) 15. Qg3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. h4 f5 (17... Qe7 $16 {war nötig.}) 18. hxg5 $18 f4 19. Qh4 Qe7 20. exf4 hxg5 $2 (20... exf4 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. gxh6 Qe5) 21. fxg5 Bf5 22. c5 Rad8 23. Bc4+ Be6 24. Qxe4 Bd5 25. Qe3 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 ({Viel schwächer ist} 26. bxc4 Qe6 $18) 26... Rd5 27. g6 e4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Re1 Re5 30. f4 exf3 31. Qxe5+ Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. gxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KT-KT} Re2 $2 (33... Kxg6 {ist wohl besser.} 34. Kf2 a5) 34. Ra4 Kxg6 35. Rxa7 Kg5 36. Ra4 Rc2 37. b4 Kf4 38. Ra3 $2 (38. Ra8 $18 {bietet bessere Gewinnchancen.}) 38... Rb2 $16 39. Ra4 (39. Kf1 $16) 39... Kg3 {[%cal Rb2b1] [#]} 40. Kf1 Kxf3 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 41. Ke1 Ke3 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 42. Kd1 {Und weiter mit Kc1 wäre nett.} Kd3 {[%cal Rb2b1]} 43. Kc1 Rh2 44. a3 Kc3 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 45. Kd1 {Droht stark Ta6.} Ra2 (45... Kd3 $1 $11 46. Ke1 Ke3) 46. Ra6 ({Günstiger ist} 46. Ke1 $16) 46... Kc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Kd3 $11 {und Schwarz muss sich keine Sorgen machen.} 47. Ke1 Ke3) 47. Kc1 $2 (47. Rxc6 $18 {zielt auf Ta6 ab.} Rxa3 48. Rb6) 47... Kd5 (47... Kc3 $1 $11 48. Kd1 Kd3) 48. Kb1 Rh2 49. Rb6 Kc4 {[#]} 50. Rxc6 ({Weiss braucht} 50. Kc1 $1 $16 Kd5 51. Ra6) 50... Kc3 $1 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 51. a4 Kxb4 52. Rc8 Kxa4 53. Rb8 Rh5 54. c6 {Beabsichtigt c7 und Matt.} Rc5 55. Rc8 {Und c7 würde nun gewinnen.} Kb5 56. c7 Kb6 57. Kb2 {Precision: Weiß = 50%, Schwarz = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,107,6,16,10,20,0,0,0,0,-30,-27,-96,-105,-98,-91,-103,-98,-108,-100,-127,-75,-63,-75,-93,-89,-102,-110,-86,-58,-122,-50,-55,-56,-56,-60,-43,-35,-41,-28,-40,-34,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-13,-6,-27,-24,-52,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-191,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. h3 d6 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Bh2 Re8 11. Qa4 $146 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 a6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa3 c4 14. b4 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Bd5 17. Qb2 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Reb8 {½-½ (35) Genov,P (2465)-Serafimov,T (2401) Mulhouse 2006}) 11... Qd7 12. Kh1 a6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Qh4 (15. Qxd7 $11 {remains equal.} Nexd7 16. Nc4) 15... Nxf3 $17 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qb5 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. Kg1 Qc6 (19... Qe2 $142 20. Rfe1 Qc2) 20. Qc4 Ne4 21. Rfd1 {[#]} Rb6 $1 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Rxd2 Reb8 24. b3 (24. Rc2 $15) 24... a5 ({Black should play} 24... Qb5 $17 25. Qxb5 axb5) 25. e4 $1 $15 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d6]} (26. bxa4 Rxb1+) 26... axb3 27. axb3 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Rd5 Qe6 30. Qxc5 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6 34. f4 Rf1 35. Qc4 Rf2 36. Qe4 Qd2 37. Rxe7 Qxf4+ 38. Qxf4 Rxf4 $11 {KR-KR} 39. Kg3 Rc4 40. Re3 f5 41. Kf2 g5 42. Ke2 f4 43. Rf3 h5 44. Kd3 Ra4 45. c4 Ra2 46. g3 $2 (46. h4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 46... Ra3+ $2 ({Black should try} 46... fxg3 $19 {Threatens to win with ...g2.} 47. Ke4 g2) 47. Ke4 {The position is equal.} Rxf3 $1 48. Kxf3 fxg3 49. Kxg3 {KPP-KPP} Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Ke4 Kd6 52. Kf5 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g3]} 53. hxg4 hxg4 54. Kxg4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,-15,-9,-16,16,14,22,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,6,49,51,48,47,74,56,77,90,118,76,95,103,160,161,152,152,204,203,206,196,251,270,335,325,331,326,588,580,952,937,952,895]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e5 (5. Be3 Ne7 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd3 e5 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nge2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 exd4 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Nxd4 {½-½ (65) Savchenko,B (2599)-Riazantsev,A (2684) Rostov on Don 2014}) 5... b6 6. a3 $146 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} ({Predecessor:} 6. f4 h5 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Be3 Nf5 9. Bf2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Qc8 12. O-O Nc7 {1-0 (37) Senador,E (2380)-Viswanath,S (1967) Kuala Lumpur 2007}) 6... Bf8 7. f4 Nh6 8. Qh5 {The position is equal.} Nf5 9. Nf3 g6 10. Qh3 c5 11. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. b4 a6 15. Bb2 Bg7 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 O-O 18. Qe3 Rb8 19. O-O f5 20. c4 dxc4 (20... b5 $142) 21. Bxc4 $16 Rf7 22. Rfd1 {[%cal Bf1d1,Bd1c1,Bc1c6][%mdl 32]} Qc7 (22... g5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 23. Bb2 (23. fxg5 f4 $16) 23... Qe7) 23. Rac1 $18 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxe6!} Qb7 24. Be2 {[%cal Bc4e2,Be2f3,Bf3c6][%mdl 32]} Rc7 (24... Bd7 $142 25. Bf3 Qa7) 25. Bf3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qa7 27. Rc6 Bf8 $2 {[#]} (27... Qf7 28. Bxb6 Bd7) 28. Bxb6 {White is clearly winning.} Qd7 29. Rc7 Qe8 30. Bc6 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Black "Bitar, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,108,-24,-26,-27,-42,-4,-6,5,0,37,35,43,11,54,35,49,52,77,93,93,62,75,35,74,27,168,80,194,198,197,185,209,171,210,197,315,278,270,253,253,254,254,254,253,254,254,198,281,250,298,249,292,256,282,251,247,247,817,818,1000,864,1458,695,954,988,987,966,1026,515,504,454,431,401,380,297,293,271,363,319,364,364,436,434,421,337,565,532,653,653,584,510,672,673,699,675,621,615,977,935,846]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Bc5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} Be6 (6... a6 7. Nge2 b5 8. d3 bxc4 9. dxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nd4 11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Nd7 13. Rad1 a5 14. Na4 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 {0-1 (68) Urbanc,P (2262)-Kovacevic,A (2515) Portoroz 2016}) 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nge2 {The position is equal.} a6 9. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 h5 10. Qd2 Nh7 11. Be3 Nd4 12. f4 f6 13. Rb1 a5 14. f5 Bf7 15. Bf2 {0-1 (34) Safronov,Y (2190)-Sambursky,V (2138) Zheleznogorsk 2016}) 9... Ba7 10. Bxa7 Nxa7 11. Nd5 Ng8 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. g4 Be6 16. d4 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Nge7 (17... Bxd5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 18. cxd5 (18. Bxd5 Nf6 $14) 18... Nxd4) 18. f5 (18. Nxe7+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Nxe7 19. Qb4 (19. fxe5 Bxc4 20. Nc3 dxe5 $11)) 18... Nxf5 (18... Bf7 $16) 19. gxf5 $18 Bxf5 20. b3 Bg6 21. Rhf1 exd4 22. Nxd4 Ne5 (22... Nxd4 $142 23. Qxd4 Kb8) 23. Nf4 Bf7 24. Be4 g6 25. Qg2 c6 26. Nd3 Nxd3+ 27. Rxd3 d5 28. cxd5 cxd5 (28... Bxd5 {might work better.} 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qg4+ Kb8) 29. Nc2 Rhe8 30. Bf3 Qd6 31. Rfd1 Re5 32. Kb2 Qf6 33. Kb1 Qc6 $2 {[#]} (33... g5 34. Bxd5 Rexd5 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 h6 37. Qg4+ Kb8 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 34. Nb4 Qb5 35. Nxd5 Kb8 36. Nc3 (36. Qg3 $142 Rde8 37. Re3) 36... Qxd3+ 37. Rxd3 Rxd3 38. Qg3 Rde3 39. Nd1 Re1 40. Kc2 Ka8 41. Kd2 Re8 42. Qxe1 ({Weaker is} 42. Qc7 R1e7 $18) 42... Rxe1 43. Kxe1 Kb8 44. Kd2 Kc7 45. Kd3 b5 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. Ne3 Be8 $2 {[#]} (47... a5 {was necessary.} 48. h4 Be6) 48. b4 {White is clearly winning.} Bd7 49. h4 Bc8 50. Ng4 Be6 51. a3 Bf5 52. Ne5 Be6 53. Bb7 h6 54. Nxg6 h5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khader, Aram"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,74,12,-1,0,-16,20,16,24,15,11,19,16,14,36,0,6,-15,0,-12,42,-21,0,0,-23,-19,-15,-10,-6,-23,0,-14,0,0,18,0,14,-86,-48,-128,-135,-592,-586,-561,-562,-709,-709,-820,-509,-503,-502,-471,-472,-450,-259,-374,-202,-200,-195,-195,-160,-152,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. f4 d6 {B24: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3 sidelines} 8. h3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Rb8 9. Kh2 (9. a4 a6 10. g4 Nd7 11. Ng3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 {0-1 (36) Alonso Moyano,J (2420)-Dziuba,M (2589) Linares 2013}) 9... Nd4 {The position is equal.} 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 $1 Nd7 12. d3 b5 13. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b3 Qb6 14. Bb2 b4 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. a3 a5 17. a4 {1-0 (37) Sinton,P (1792)-Feenstra,J (1933) Dunedin 1999}) 13... b4 14. g4 a5 15. b3 Qc7 16. a3 Qc5 (16... bxa3 $11 17. Rxa3 Rb5) 17. a4 (17. Ra2 $14) 17... Bb7 18. Ng3 Rbc8 19. Ra2 Rc7 20. h4 e6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 21. g5 f5 22. Bh3 Kf7 23. h5 Nb6 24. Re1 Re8 25. hxg6+ (25. Qe2 $11 {remains equal.} Rce7 26. h6) 25... hxg6 $17 26. exf5 ({Better is} 26. Qf3 $15) 26... exf5 27. Bxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Rxe8 $17 {is tougher.} Kxe8 28. Bg2) 27... Rh8+ $19 28. Bh3 Bc8 29. f5 Be5 ({And not} 29... Bxf5 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Qf3 $15) 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 31. Re4 Bxg3 32. Kxg3 Rxh3+ 33. Kxh3 {[#] aiming for Kg3.} Bxf5+ (33... Qxf5+ $142 34. Kg2 Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Kg8 37. Re8+ Kg7) 34. Rg4 (34. Kg2 $142 Bxe4+ 35. dxe4 Qxe4+ 36. Qf3+ Qf5 37. Qxf5+ gxf5 38. Bf4) 34... Bxg4+ (34... Kg8 $142 35. Kg3 Qe5+ 36. Kg2 Re7) 35. Qxg4 {Black is clearly better.} Qh1+ 36. Kg3 Qg1+ 37. Kh3 Qh1+ $2 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 45%.} (37... Qf2 $17 38. Qg2 Qf5+ 39. Qg4 Nd5 40. Qxf5+ gxf5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Black "Ward, Serge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Qd2 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. O-O-O Nxg3 10. hxg3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Nxe5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qc3 Qe7 18. Nxc7+ Kf8 19. Nxa8 exf4 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21. bxa3 Kg7 22. Nc7 fxg3 23. Rd7 Be5 24. Nd5 Kg6 25. Rf1 f6 26. Ne7+ Kh5 27. Rh1+ Kg4 28. Ng6 Bf4+ 29. Nxf4 gxf4 30. Rd4 Kg5 31. Rf1 Re8 32. Kd2 Re3 33. Rdxf4 Rxa3 34. Rxf6 Rxa2 35. R6f3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moudallal, Tarek"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bxb5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxb5 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. c4 Qa4 14. O-O Nd7 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Re4 Nf6 17. Re3 Qd7 18. Bb2 Rab8 19. Bc3 Qa4 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. Rae1 Nh5 22. g4 Ng7 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Qf6 Rxe1+ 25. Kh2 Re5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Qxa6 f5 28. f3 h5 29. Qxg6 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rb6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shamieh, Jamal"]
[Black "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O Nd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. e4 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Ne1 f5 14. Nd3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Rad1 a6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. exf5 Bxg2 20. fxg6+ Nxg6 21. Kxg2 e4 22. Nd5 Bxb2 23. Nxc7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ne5 25. c5 bxc5 26. Nxa6 Ra8 27. Nxc5 Rxa2 28. Nxe4 Ra4 29. Nf6+ Kg6 30. Nd7 Nf7 31. Nc5 Rc4 32. Nd3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,119,62,71,116,33,114,96,111,62,66,67,79,77,93,93,83,71,75,20,20,25,28,8,10,9,9,0,19,9,33,0,0,0,-8,-5,0,0,0,-37,-40,-41,-45,-32,-35,-61,0,-88,-91,-98,-104,-87,-80,-98,-19,-40,-25,-35,-36,-26,-27,-70,-44,-106,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. d5 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} Na5 (9... Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. Be3 cxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. O-O Nfd7 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Qxa7 17. Bxa7 Rxb2 {½-½ (72) Savchenko,B (2540)-Ajrapetjan,Y (2502) St Petersburg 2012}) 10. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nd7 11. Qc2 ({White should play} 11. Bd2 $16) 11... c5 $146 (11... c6 $1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Be3 a6 14. Rac1 Ne5 15. Na4 c5 16. b3 e6 {0-1 (64) Karnaukh,A (2242)-Ianov,V (2361) Kiev 2010}) 12. b3 e6 13. Bb2 exd5 14. exd5 Re8 15. O-O b6 16. Rae1 Nb7 17. Bd3 Qh4 18. Qd1 (18. Kh2 $16) 18... Bd4 $11 19. Na4 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Ne5 21. Be2 Re8 {Hoping for ...Nf3+!} 22. Qd1 Qf6 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. f4 Nd7 {[%cal Be5d7,Bd7f6,Bf6h5][%mdl 32]} 25. b4 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 26. Bd3 Qe3+ 27. Kh2 $1 Nf6 28. Rf3 Qe1 29. Qxe1 Rxe1 30. Rf1 Re3 31. Nb2 Nh5 (31... Kg7 $15) 32. Rf2 (32. g4 $11 Ng3 33. Rf2) 32... f5 $17 33. g4 {[#]} fxg4 $1 34. hxg4 Nf6 35. Rg2 Nd8 (35... Rf3 $17 36. Re2 Rxf4) 36. Bc2 $1 $11 Nf7 37. g5 Nh5 38. Nd3 Kg7 39. Rf2 h6 (39... Ng3 {keeps more tension.} 40. Nb2 Ra3 41. Kg2 Rxa2 42. Kxg3 Rxb2 43. b5 h6) 40. c5 (40. Rg2 $15) 40... dxc5 (40... hxg5 $17 41. fxg5 Nxg5 42. cxd6 Nf6) 41. bxc5 {The position is equal.} hxg5 42. fxg5 bxc5 43. Nxc5 Nxg5 {White must now prevent ...Nf6.} 44. d6 Ne6 45. d7 {And now Nxe6+ would win.} Nd8 46. Bb3 {aiming for Rf7+!} Nf6 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4+.} 47. Rf4 Re2+ 48. Kh3 Re5 (48... d3 {is more complex.} 49. Rd4 d2 50. Ne6+ Rxe6 51. Bxe6 Nxe6 52. Rxd2 Nd8) 49. Ne6+ $1 Rxe6 50. Bxe6 Nxe6 {[#]} 51. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd8 (51... Nxd4 52. d8=Q) 52. Ra4 Kf7 53. Rxa7 Ke7 54. Kh4 Ne6 55. Ra3 (55. a4 {looks sharper.} Nxd7 56. a5 Kd6 57. Ra6+ Ke5 58. Kg3) 55... g5+ 56. Kg3 Nxd7 57. Re3 Ndc5 58. Kg4 Kf6 59. Rf3+ Kg6 60. Re3 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. g3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. c3 Bb7 7. c4 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bh3 Re8 13. O-O d5 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Ndf3 d4 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. f4 Nbd7 18. Ngf3 Ne4 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. e3 Nc3 21. Bxc3 bxc3 22. Qd3 Qc6 23. exd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kh1 e5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Bg2 Re3 27. Qc2 Rae8 28. Nh4 Qd7 29. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Nxg2 Re2 32. Rae1 c2 33. Rc1 Bb2 34. Nf4 Rd2 35. Nd5 Ree2 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. Rxf6 Rd1+ 38. Rf1 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Black "Hijazi, Asma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Ne5 c5 11. c3 b6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Nc6 Bb7 14. Nxd8 Bxf3 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. gxf3 Kg8 17. Ne4 Bc7 18. Ng5 Re7 19. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Altorky, Amer"]
[Black "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,65,15,8,15,12,34,35,20,16,18,29,14,0,56,39,62,63,74,68,61,74,73,65,250,235,241,243,239,137,231,225,231,226,574,573,535,411,407,395,390,326,350,339,347,325,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Nc3 c6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 11. Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 12. Nb5 cxd4 $146 {The position is equal.} (12... Be7 {feels hotter.} 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. c3 a6 15. Nd4 Bd6) ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bf4 a6 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Qd2 d4 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (37) Fressinet,L (2668)-Bacrot,E (2696) Balagna 2017}) 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Bf4 {Hoping for Ng6.} Re8 15. Re1 Qb6 16. Qd2 Bd7 (16... Na6 $11) 17. Bxh6 $14 {Black must now prevent Qg5.} gxh6 18. Qxh6 {Ng4 is the strong threat.} Ne4 $1 19. Qh5 Qf6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Be6 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 21... Kf8 $14) 22. Ng4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f6]} Qg7 23. Nh6+ Kf8 24. Qc5+ Re7 25. Nf5 Qf6 26. Nxe7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Qxe7 $2 (26... Nd7 27. Qc7 (27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Kxe7 $18) 27... Qxe7 28. Rxd4 (28. Qxb7 Rb8 $18) 28... Nf6) 27. Qxd4 {[%cal Rd4h8]} Ke8 28. Rh4 {[%cal Be4h4,Bh4h8,Bh8f8][%mdl 32]} Nd7 29. Rh8+ Nf8 30. Rd1 {Strongly threatening Qa4+.} a6 31. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 32. a5 Rxc2 $2 {[#]} (32... Qc5 $18 33. Qd2 Qe5) 33. Rxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 88%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nbd2 e5 9. e4 Re8 10. Re1 d4 11. a4 Bb4 12. Rf1 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Ng5 Qa5 16. Nb1 Rad8 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. f4 Ree8 19. f5 Nf8 20. Ba3 c5 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Nd2 Qc7 23. g4 N6d7 24. g5 g6 25. f6 Ne6 26. Qg4 Nf4 27. Qh4 Qd6 28. Bf3 h5 29. Nc4 Qc7 30. a5 b5 31. axb6 axb6 32. Bg4 b5 33. Rxf4 exf4 34. Bxh5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Qc5 36. e5 bxc4 37. g6 Nxf6 38. gxf7+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ Kxf7 40. Qxf6+ Kg8 41. Kf2 Qf8 42. Rg1+ Kh7 43. Qg6+ Kh8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saad, Charbel"]
[Black "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "1466"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. O-O-O Nxe3 10. fxe3 Na5 11. Be2 d6 12. h4 h6 13. g4 Bd7 14. Nd5 Re8 15. Rdf1 Rc8 16. g5 h5 17. Bd1 Nc4 18. Qf2 Rf8 19. c3 Bc6 20. Rh2 Ne5 21. Kb1 Bd7 22. Rg2 Nd3 23. Qe2 Nc5 24. Qf3 Bg4 25. Rxg4 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Nd7 27. h5 Ne5 28. Qh3 f6 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. hxg6+ Kxg6 31. Nxe7+ Kxg5 32. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Said, Riad"]
[Black "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bg5 e6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bg6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. h3 Rb8 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Qc2 Qe6 18. Qc5 b6 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. e6 Nc5 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Red1 Rbe8 24. b4 Nd3 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxd3 Rxb4 27. Rd7+ Ke6 28. Rad1 Rb1 29. R7d6+ Ke7 30. Kf1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 g5 32. e4 c5 33. Rd5 Rc8 34. Ke2 a5 35. Kd2 b5 36. Kc2 a4 37. f4 Ke6 38. Kd3 c4+ 39. Kc2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Qe2 a5 12. Bd3 Nc4 13. Bc1 Be6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. O-O g6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bg7 18. Re1 O-O 19. c3 Qc5 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qf3 Rfe8 22. Bg5 Bxd4 23. cxd4 e6 24. Qf6 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 e5 26. Qh4 h5 27. Bf6 Rc2 28. Qg5 Kh7 29. g4 Rc4 30. gxh5 Bxh3 31. hxg6+ fxg6 32. f3 Rc2 33. Qh4+ Kg8 34. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "1402"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Qb4 10. a3 Qa5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. a4 Nbd7 15. a5 Rfd8 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qc2 e6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rfd1 Rd4 21. f3 Bc6 22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Bc4 Bd7 24. Ne2 Bh6 25. Nxd4 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Bxd4 27. Qb3 Kf7 28. Rac1 Ne8 29. Be2 Nd6 30. Qa2 Nc8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Black "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1346"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 e6 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. e5 Nh7 13. Bc2 Ba6 14. Re1 Ne7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Qc1 Bb7 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Re2 Ned5 21. Bxh6 Nxc3 22. Rc2 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Black "Saeed, Riad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Bxd1 Ne8 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. f3 f5 19. c3 Ne6 20. Bc2 f4 21. Bf2 Kf7 22. c4 b6 23. Nc3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nd5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Black "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. h3 Qc7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5 Rac8 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. Qe2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxc5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxc5 19. Ra4 g6 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. Qf6 Rd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. c3 Qxa5 24. b4 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. c4 Bd4 27. Rc1 b6 28. Be4 Rc7 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. f3 a5 32. b5 a4 33. Bb1 a3 34. Ba2 f5 35. Kd3 Bb2 36. Rc2 Rd7+ 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. Rd2 Bc5 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Bb1 Kf6 42. g3 h5 43. Ba2 Kg5 44. Bb1 h4 45. g4 e4+ 46. fxe4 fxg4 47. e5 gxh3 48. e6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikati, Hani"]
[Black "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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{[%evp 9,70,-14,0,-79,-39,-91,-11,-14,25,23,25,35,35,28,101,110,105,6,18,12,10,12,10,-36,-36,-62,-49,-97,-93,-197,-170,-162,-159,-197,-185,-189,-184,-229,-226,-366,-368,-339,-304,-911,-884,-1198,-1157,-29981,-29982,-29992,-29975,-5585,-4679,-2130,-1379,-1378,-1378,-1370,-1377,-1345,-1335,-1297,-1270]} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} (6. Be2 $11) (6. Qe2 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Na3 d5 9. Bb3 b6 10. O-O Qd7 11. e5 Rd8 12. Nb5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Qxb5 {1-0 (47) Krol,W (2388)-Grochowski,M (2252) ICCF email 2010}) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 (7. Nxd4 $15 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3) 7... Qb6 $146 (7... d5 $17 8. exd5 exd5) ({Predecessor:} 7... d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. Nc3 Nge7 {0-1 (32) Zukauskas,A (1760)-Vanagaite,G (2044) Palanga 2014}) 8. e5 $11 {The position is equal.} Qb4+ 9. Nbd2 d5 10. a3 Qb6 11. Bd3 Nxd4 (11... Nge7 $11 {remains equal.}) 12. Nxd4 $16 ({Stronger than} 12. Qa4+ Nc6 $17) 12... Qxd4 {[#]} 13. Nf3 ({Better is} 13. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (13... dxe4 14. Bb5+) 14. Nd6) 13... Qb6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Be3 Qd8 16. h4 h5 17. Ng5 Nh6 {[%cal Bg8h6,Bh6g4,Bg4e3,Be3d1][%mdl 32]} 18. Bc5 Rc8 19. Bd6 (19. Bd4 $17 {was the only chance.}) 19... Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 ({Much less strong is} 20... Rxf8 21. Nh7 $15) 21. O-O Ng4 22. Kh1 Kg7 23. Rac1 Qb6 24. b4 (24. Rce1 {keeps fighting.}) 24... Qd4 {Threatens to win with ...Rxc1.} 25. Rcd1 Ne3 26. Bb5 $2 (26. Qf2 Qb6 27. Qg3 Nxf1 28. Rxf1) 26... Bxb5 $19 27. Qxb5 Nxd1 28. Qxb7 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Ne4+ 30. Kh2 Nxg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. fxg5 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Rhf8 34. Qe7 Qxe5 35. b5 Rc4 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qe2 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Qb5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qd7 11. Be3 a6 12. Qa4 Nd4 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. O-O Nxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. Rfe1 e4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rxe4+ Kd7 22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Rg4 g6 24. b4 Bd6 25. a3 b5 26. Re4 Rc3 27. Re3 Rhc8 28. Rce1 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Rxc2 30. e4 Be5 31. Rf1 Ke7 32. Rf3 Re2 33. Rd3 Rxe4 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. h3 Rd4 36. Rf3 Kxd5 37. Ke3 Kc4 38. Ke2 Re4+ 39. Kd2 Bg7 40. Kc2 Re2+ 41. Kb1 Bc3 42. Rf1 Kb3 43. g4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Black "Hanna, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Qa5 9. O-O b5 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Ndf3 Bb7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bg3 f5 16. Re1 O-O 17. Be5 Bf6 18. Qh5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rf6 20. Rae1 Raf8 21. Qe2 Bc8 22. Bxb5 a6 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. a3 a5 25. c4 Qxd4 26. cxd5 Rb8 27. dxe6 Rxb2 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. R5xe3 Be8 30. e7 g6 31. Re5 a4 32. Rd5 Rfb6 33. h3 Kg7 34. Rd8 Rb8 35. Rc1 R2b7 36. Ba6 Rb1 37. Kh2 Rxc1 38. Rxb8 Kf7 39. Bb5 Bxb5 40. Rxb5 Kxe7 41. Rb4 Rc2 42. f3 Kf6 43. Rxa4 Kg5 44. Kg3 Ra2 45. f4+ Kh5 46. Ra7 h6 47. Kf3 Rb2 48. Re7 Ra2 49. Ra7 Ra1 50. a4 Rf1+ 51. Kg3 Ra1 52. a5 Ra3+ 53. Kh2 Ra2 54. a6 Rf2 55. Kg3 Ra2 56. Ra8 Ra3+ 57. Kh2 Ra2 58. a7 Kh4 59. Rh8 h5 60. a8=Q Rf2 61. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eid, Wissam"]
[Black "Vayanos, Georges"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 Bd7 8. Nf1 Na5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. N1h2 b4 13. O-O bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qe3 d5 20. e5 d4 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. exf6 Qb5 23. Rfb1 Qc6 24. Qf4 Rfd8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Toufayli, Adnan"]
[Black "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 c6 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. a4 a5 19. c4 Nf6 20. b3 h6 21. Rfe1 Bf8 22. Kh1 Rd8 23. Rg1 Rb8 24. Bf4 Ra8 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Bf4 Ra8 27. Be3 Bg7 28. Rge1 Rd7 29. Re2 Qc7 30. g3 g5 31. Bg2 Rad8 32. Red2 Kh8 33. Kg1 e5 34. dxe5 Qxe5 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Qd2 Qc7 38. Bd4 c5 39. Bxg7+ Kxg7 40. Bd5 b6 41. Qe3 Qe5 42. Qd3 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe5 44. Bxf7 Nf8 45. Bd5 Kf6 46. Bf3 Qd4 47. Qe3 Qxe3 48. fxe3 Ng6 49. Be4 Ne7 50. Kf3 Nc8 51. Bd5 Kf5 52. e4+ Kf6 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Kd3 Ne7 55. Ke3 Ng6 56. Bf7 Ne7 57. Bd5 Nc8 58. Bb7 Nd6 59. Bd5 Ne8 60. Bf7 Nf6 61. Bg6 Nd7 62. Bf7 Nb8 63. Bd5 Na6 64. Kd3 h5 65. Ke3 Nb4 66. Bf7 h4 67. gxh4 gxh4 68. Bh5 Nc2+ 69. Kd3 Nb4+ 70. Ke3 Nc2+ 71. Kd3 Nd4 72. Bd1 Ne6 73. Ke3 Ng5 74. Bg4 Nxe4 75. Bd1 Ng5 76. Bg4 Nf7 77. Bh5 Nh6 78. Bg6 Kf6 79. Bh7 Nf7 80. Kf4 Nh6 81. Bd3 Kg7 82. Kg5 Nf7+ 83. Kxh4 Kh6 84. Be4 Ng5 85. Bd5 Nh7 86. Kg3 Nf6 87. Kf4 Ng8 88. Ke5 Kg5 89. Bxg8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kassar, Paul"]
[Black "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a4 a5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Nf5 12. Nb3 Rb8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Ra3 Qb6 16. Rc3 O-O 17. Re1 Qb4 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. h3 c5 20. b3 Rb7 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Rc1 Rbc7 23. Be3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 h6 25. Nd4 c4 26. Rb1 cxb3 27. Rbxb3 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxa4 30. Qa3 Qb4 31. Qa1 Bd7 32. Nc2 Qb6 33. Nd4 Qc5 34. Kh2 a4 35. Kg3 Qb4 36. Kf3 a3 37. Nc2 Qe4+ 38. Kg3 Qxc2 39. Qxa3 Qe4 40. Qc3 Qc4 41. Qa3 Ba4 42. Qa1 Bc2 43. Qd4 Qxd4 44. exd4 Kh7 45. Kf4 g5+ 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. h4 Kf5 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Kf3 Bd1+ 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. Kf2 Kf4 52. g3+ Ke4 53. Ke1 Bb3 54. Kd2 Kxd4 55. Ke2 Kc3 56. g4 d4 57. Ke1 d3 58. Kf2 d2 59. Kg3 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Black "Abdo, Moussa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1383"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Ne5 cxd4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. exd4 c5 11. Be3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Rd8 15. Bc3 Bb7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Be2 Be4 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Bd2 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Rc8 21. Nd2 Bg6 22. Nc4 Bf6 23. Bd2 Nb6 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Bd4 27. Kf1 Be4 28. f3 Bc6 29. Bd3 Be5 30. h3 Bd4 31. Ke2 Ba4 32. Kd2 Be5 33. Bc2 Bf4+ 34. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Black "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1332"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. a3 Bg6 8. e5 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Na4 Rc8 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc7 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Rac1 h5 20. Kh1 Nh6 21. f4 Nf5 22. a4 a5 23. Rf3 Rc4 24. Ra1 Rhc8 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Nh6 27. Qh7 Nxg4 28. Qxg7 Nf2+ 29. Kg2 Ne4 30. f5 Rxc2+ 31. Kh3 exf5 32. Rxf5 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Black "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1292"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. c3 Bc5 8. O-O Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Ba7 11. Re1 d6 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Bc2 d5 14. Bxa7 Nxa7 15. Nxe5 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qg5 18. Ng4 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 Rd2 22. Bb3 c5 23. Bd5 c4 24. Rab1 Nc8 25. Red1 Re2 26. Kf1 Rc2 27. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Nd6 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. e5 Ne4 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rxd8 Nc5 33. Rc8 Nd3 34. Rc7+ Kg8 35. e6 Kf8 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rd7 Kf8 38. b3 Nc5 39. Rd6 Ke7 40. Rc6 Nxe6 41. bxc4 bxc4 42. Rxc4 Kd6 43. Re4 Kd5 44. Re3 g6 45. g3 Ng5 46. Rd3+ Kc6 47. f4 Ne4 48. Kg2 Kc5 49. Re3 Kd5 50. Rd3+ Kc5 51. Re3 Kd5 52. f5 g5 53. Kf3 Nd2+ 54. Ke2 Ne4 55. Rxe4 Kxe4 56. f6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Khan, Amani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1262"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 O-O 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. a3 a6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Ndxe4 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bd3 Na5 15. b4 Nb3 16. Rb1 a5 17. Bc3 a4 18. O-O Be6 19. Nd2 Qg5 20. Be4 c6 21. Nf3 Qb5 22. Bd3 Qh5 23. e4 f6 24. e5 Bd5 25. Be4 f5 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27. Qd3 Rac8 28. Bd2 f4 29. Qb5 Nxd2 30. Nxd2 Rc2 31. Qxd5+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. Nf3 h6 34. Rfc1 Re2 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. h3 b6 37. Rbc1 Ra2 38. R1c3 g5 39. Rb8 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Rg7 41. Rxb6 Ra2 42. Rbc6 Rxf2 43. Rc2 Rf1 44. d5 Ra1 45. d6 Bf8 46. Rc7 Rxa3 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Rc8 Kg7 50. d7 Be7 51. d8=Q Bxd8 52. Rxd8 Re3 53. Ra8 a3 54. b5 Rb3 55. b6 Rxb6 56. Rxa3 Re6 57. Ra5 Re8 58. Nd4 Kg6 59. Ra6+ Kh5 60. e6 Kg6 61. e7+ Kf7 62. Nf5 Rb8 63. Rd6 Rb2 64. Rd8 Re2 65. e8=Q+ Rxe8 66. Nd6+ Ke7 67. Rxe8+ Kxd6 68. Rh8 Ke5 69. Rxh6 Kf5 70. Rh5 Kg6 71. Rh8 Kg7 72. Ra8 Kg6 73. Ra4 Kf5 74. g3 fxg3+ 75. Kxg3 Kg6 76. h4 gxh4+ 77. Kxh4 Kf6 78. Ra5 Ke6 79. Kg4 Kd6 80. Kf4 Kc6 81. Rh5 Kd7 82. Rh6 Ke7 83. Kf5 Kf7 84. Rh7+ Kg8 85. Ra7 Kf8 86. Ke6 Kg8 87. Kf6 Kh8 88. Kg6 Kg8 89. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Black "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 c6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qd2 Be4 15. Qd1 Rac8 16. Ne2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aboumrad, Camil"]
[Black "Schoucair, Matteo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. dxe5 Rxe5 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Qd2 a6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bb2 Rc5 15. Nd5 Qf8 16. Rab1 Nce5 17. Bd1 Rb8 18. f4 c6 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. fxe5 Nxe4 21. Qd4 Rxe5 22. Qd3 d5 23. Ng4 Re6 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Bf3 Qf8 26. Qd4 b5 27. cxd5 Rd8 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 f5 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Nh6# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chaaya, Antoine"]
[Black "Schoucair, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Qa4 Bxf3 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qxc6+ Nd7 9. gxf3 Be7 10. Qxd5 Bf6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Rg1 Nb6 14. Qb5 Rad8 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. d5 Rfd8 17. O-O-O c6 18. Qa6 cxd5 19. exd5 Nc4 20. Qxa7 Rc7 21. Qa4 e4 22. fxe4 Qxe4 23. Nd4 Nxe3 24. Rge1 Bg5 25. fxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kb1 h6 28. Nc6 Rd6 29. c4 Rb7 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qxb7 Qe2 32. Qb3 Rf6 33. Qd3+ Qxd3+ 34. Rxd3 Rf1+ 35. Kc2 Rf2+ 36. Rd2 Rf4 37. b3 g5 38. d6 Rf6 39. d7 Rxc6 40. d8=Q f5 41. Qd7+ Kh8 42. Qxc6 f4 43. Rd7 f3 44. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khoury, Rabih"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be2 Re8 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. a3 Nb6 14. Rc1 h6 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. b4 Qf6 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Bc3 Nxc3 21. Nxe5 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qxe5 24. a4 d4 25. b5 dxe3 26. bxc6 exf2+ 27. Qxf2 bxc6 28. a5 Qe3 29. Rb1 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Louak, Milad"]
[Black "Amer, Majeed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nge7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 Nxc6 7. Qd5 d6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Qg5 Bg7 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. O-O-O b5 15. Nd5 Rd7 16. f3 f5 17. Bg5 Bxd5 18. exd5 f4 19. Rde1 Be5 20. Bh4 h6 21. Bf2 Re7 22. Bd4 Rfe8 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd1 Re2 26. Rd2 Re1+ 27. Rd1 Re5 28. Rd4 g5 29. b3 Kf7 30. c4 a6 31. Re4 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Kf6 33. Kd2 Ke5 34. cxb5 a5 35. Kd3 h5 36. a3 g4 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 f3 39. gxf3 gxf3 40. Ke3 f2 41. Kxf2 Kxe4 42. Kg3 Kxd5 43. Kh4 Ke4 44. Kxh5 d5 45. Kg6 d4 46. h4 d3 47. h5 d2 48. h6 d1=Q 49. h7 Qd4 50. Kf7 Qh8 51. Kg6 Kd5 52. b6 cxb6 53. b5 Kc5 54. Kh6 Kxb5 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Ng4 8. Bc1 Be6 9. f3 Nf6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Nb6 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Nc6 Rc8 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nb6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. f4 Rxc6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. h4 O-O 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 f6 28. Rd7 Bc5 29. Kd2 fxg5 30. hxg5 Rf5 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rxh7 Kg6 33. Rh2 Be7 34. Rc8 Bxg5+ 35. Ke2 Rf6 36. Re8 Kf5 37. Reh8 Ke4 38. R2h3 Bc1 39. R3h4+ Bf4 40. Rg8 Re6 41. Rxf4+ exf4 42. Rxg7 f3+ 43. Ke1 f2+ 44. Ke2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,25,21,38,48,56,24,27,25,43,34,30,41,37,37,33,40,43,35,43,-28,-27,-70,-53,-41,0,0,0,8,13,5,2,0,18,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Be7 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} (7... h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. e5 Nd5 14. exd6 Bf6 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bd4 {½-½ (35) Anand,V (2794)-Grandelius,N (2653) Douglas 2017}) 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Bg2 Nc6 {White has an edge.} 10. h4 O-O 11. b3 Qb6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bb2 e5 14. Na4 Qa5+ 15. Bc3 {½-½ (87) Antonio,R (2465)-Nguyen,H (2433) Tagaytay City 2017}) 13... Qc7 14. Be3 Bb7 15. O-O c5 16. c4 (16. f4 $14) 16... f5 $11 17. exf5 Bxg2 $1 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ (18... Rxf5 {is more complex.} 19. f4 d5 20. Qe2 d4 21. Bd2 e5) 19. Qf3 {The position is equal.} Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Rxf5+ 21. Kg2 Raf8 22. f4 h6 23. Nc3 hxg5 24. hxg5 e5 {[%cal Re5f4]} 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Rad1 exf4 27. Bxf4 Bxg5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rxd5.} 28. Bxd6 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 {And now b4 would win. KBN-KBN} Bd8 31. a3 Kf7 32. b4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,97,0,0,10,0,49,46,52,61,46,56,50,37,70,31,94,87,102,91,98,96,96,96,99,96,96,96,103,102,99,99,146,146,150,141,178,165,188,187,184,153,250,250,222,222,245,226,225,193,253,260,254,233,259,259,258,258,265,248,265,265,318,318,318,318,318,318,847,241,315,305,279,206,555,524,495,517,612,553,970,887,808,289,1062,1059]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 {LiveBook: 44 Games} Bf5 {E31: Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad Variation: 4...h6 5 Bh4 c5 6 d5 d6} (8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Nge2 Nxd5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. Bb1 Bg4 15. Qxd5 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Bc4 17. Qxd6 {0-1 (62) Grachev,B (2672)-Naiditsch,A (2704) Germany 2012}) 9. Bb5+ Kf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. Nge2 a6 11. Bxd7+ Bxd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Rb1 b5 15. b4 Bb6 16. a4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 {1-0 (36) Vidarte Morales,A (2353)-Coll Enriquez,L (2160) Sitges 2012}) 10. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} a6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 13. O-O Ne5 14. Qf5 Qd7 (14... Bxc3 $14 15. Nxc3 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nexd7) 15. Ng3 $16 Bxc3 16. Bxf6 Qxf5 17. Nxf5 gxf6 18. bxc3 Nc4 19. a4 b6 20. f3 Ke8 21. Kf2 Kd7 22. Rfb1 Rae8 23. e4 Kc7 24. g4 Rh7 25. Ng3 Ne5 26. Nh5 Nd7 27. c4 a5 (27... Rhh8 $16 28. Ra2 Rhf8) 28. Rb3 $18 Rhh8 29. Rg1 Rhg8 30. Rg3 Rg6 31. Rh3 Rh8 (31... Ne5 {keeps fighting.} 32. Rc3 (32. Nf4 Rgg8 $16) 32... Rh8) 32. Rc3 Rg5 33. Rh4 Rgg8 34. Ng3 Ne5 35. Rh5 Rg5 36. Rh3 Rg6 37. Nf5 Rh7 38. Rh5 Rg8 39. f4 Ng6 40. Kf3 ({Not} 40. Nxh6 Rgh8 $16) ({Stronger than} 40. Rxh6 Rxh6 41. Nxh6 Rh8 $11) 40... Rgg7 $2 {[#]} (40... Rgh8 41. Rb3 Re8) 41. Ng3 $2 (41. Nxg7 Rxg7 42. Rxh6) 41... Nf8 42. Rf5 Nd7 43. Nh5 Kd8 $2 (43... Rg6 {is tougher.} 44. Ng3 Nb8) 44. Nxf6 Nxf6 45. Rxf6 Ke7 46. e5 h5 47. g5 dxe5 48. fxe5 $2 {[#]} (48. Rxb6 Rg6 49. Rb7+ Ke8 50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. Rcb3 e4+ 52. Kxe4) 48... Rg8 $2 (48... Rxg5 49. Rxb6 Rxe5) 49. h4 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Black "Khader, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,83,16,21,10,15,0,0,-10,0,-10,-2,-14,-3,-8,10,12,12,11,16,16,23,16,55,57,80,78,81,80,135,156,177,162,188,152,161,154,188,168,156,154,213,208,230,192,258,216,205,202,271,197,310,334,320,306,323,319,364,335,630,345,554,622,596,602,1162,1108,12834,895,767,699]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. a3 a6 {LiveBook: 25 Games} 9. c5 {D63: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Rc1} (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Nxd4 g6 15. Qa4 c5 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Qh4 Bf5 18. e4 Qxe4 19. Qxf6 Qxe2 20. Rxc5 Rad8 21. h3 Rd1 22. Rxd1 Qxd1+ {½-½ (22) Mann,W (2379)-Traut,G (2337) Remote email 2014}) 9... e5 10. dxe5 (10. Be2 {is more complex.} Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O e4 13. Nd2) 10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. b4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Be2 Be6 {½-½ (24) Eriksson,J (2229)-Sjodin,B (2166) Taby 2007}) 11... dxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd2 Nxc5 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Qxe4 Qxe5 16. Bd3 $36 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7][%mdl 2048] [#] White has the initiative.} Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Ne5 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Nd6 Bd3 20. f4 (20. Nxb7 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Rab8 $11) 20... Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Ng4 ({Better is} 21... Ng6) 22. Kf3 $16 Nf6 23. Nxb7 Rab8 24. Nd6 Rxb2 25. Rxc6 h5 26. Rhc1 Rb3 27. R1c3 ({Don't do} 27. Rxa6 $6 Ng4 $14) 27... Rxc3 (27... Rb1 $16 {is a better defense.} 28. Rc1 (28. Rxa6 Rf1+ 29. Ke2 Rg1 $16) 28... Rb3) 28. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb8 29. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} a5 (29... g6 {was called for.} 30. g4 Nd5) 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. hxg4 a4 32. g5 Nd5 (32... Ne8 $142) 33. Rc5 $18 Ne7 34. Ra5 Rd8 35. Nc4 Rd3 36. Rxa4 Nd5 $2 (36... f6 37. Ra7 Kf7) 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ke4 {White is clearly winning.} Rd1 39. Ne5 f5+ 40. Kxf5 {[#] g6+ would kill now.} Ne7+ 41. Ke4 Rf1 42. Re8 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,86,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-116,-125,-143,-145,-140,-148,-134,-150,-140,-133,-143,-139,-140,-150,-137,-87,-96,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-83,-85,-196,-185,-199,-162,-150,-65,-199,-177,-175,-137,-148,-158,-156,-157,-228,-227,-228,-230,-632,-407,-416,-405,-409,-406,-519,-490,-421,-277,-409,-407,-410,-408]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Ne5 Nc6 {D21: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 sidelines} 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 e6 (11... Rb8 12. Bf4 Rxb2 13. O-O e6 14. Rab1 Rb6 15. Na4 {½-½ (24) Panzalovic,S (2477)-Stojanovic,M (2588) Germany 2010}) 12. O-O {LiveBook: 15 Games} Bd6 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Rac1 h6 15. Bh4 $146 (15. Be3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd2) 15... f5 $1 $17 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rfe1 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 17. Bg3 f4 $1 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Kf7 $1 20. Qf3 Kg7 $1 21. Qg4 fxg3 22. hxg3 Rhf8 23. Rxe6 Rf6 24. d5 {aiming for Qd4.} Re8 $1 {[%cal Rf6e6]} 25. Qd4 Rexe6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxa7+ Kg6 28. a4 (28. Qa6 $17) 28... Qe2 $19 29. b3 Qd2 30. Rf1 Qc2 (30... Qc3 $17 {And now ...Bc5 would win.} 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Bxg3 33. Rxf6+ Kxf6) 31. b4 (31. Qa8 $1 $15) 31... Bxb4 {White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 32. Qb8 Qc4 ({Weaker is} 32... Qxa4 33. Qg8+ Kh5 34. Qc4 $11) 33. Rb1 {[#]} Bc5 $1 34. Qe8+ {[#]} Rf7 $1 35. Rf1 (35. Qg8+ $17 Kh5 36. Rb2) 35... Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kh7 37. Qa1 $2 (37. a5) 37... Qc2 38. Qe1 Qxa4 39. Qe2 Qd4 40. Qc2+ Kg7 41. Qe2 Ba7 42. Qc2 (42. Kh2 {is a better defense.}) 42... Qf6 43. Qd2 Bd4 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,52,0,49,30,62,0,42,18,12,14,43,-4,5,-40,0,0,0,0,0,-64,-42,-70,-64,-96,-95,-99,-99,-196,-189,-206,-198,-188,-185]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f4 {B61: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...Bd7 7 Qd2} h5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11... Bg7 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. f5 Bh6 14. Qxc5 Rxc5 15. Nd5 Rg8 16. g3 Bg7 17. b4 Rc8 18. Nf4 Bh6 {1-0 (44) Smeets,J (2669)-Bauer,C (2612) Sestao 2010}) 12. Be2 Rg8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc5 13. Qd2 e6 14. Kb1 b5 15. Bf3 b4 {1-0 (37) Kurz,C (1975)-Tapia Egoavil,C (1807) Postbauer 2007}) 13. g3 (13. Bf3 $1 $14) 13... h4 14. Rhg1 hxg3 15. hxg3 Qc5 (15... Be6 {looks sharper.} 16. Kb1 f5 17. g4 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxa2+ 19. Kc1 fxg4 20. Qb4 Bh6) 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 17. Rd5 Bh6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxf4+!} 18. Rh1 Bf8 19. Rxc5 dxc5 20. Rg1 (20. g4 $11) 20... e6 21. Kd2 a6 22. a4 Bc6 23. Ke3 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Kf3 (24. Kd4 $17) (24. Bxc4 Bc5+) 24... f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5e4][%mdl 32] Black is clearly better.} 25. Bxc4 {intending Bd3.} fxe4+ 26. Ke2 Bd6 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Black "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,55,64,89,37,131,61,64,71,165,146,165,147,137,145,195,193,228,218,291,336,291,168,167,77,29985,29986,29986,29986,29986,29982,29982,2839,3810,2562,29994,29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 O-O {B99: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7 8 Qf3 Qc7 9 0-0-0 Nbd7} (10... b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kd8 15. Nc6+ Bxc6 16. dxc6 Nc5 17. Bh4 Rg8 18. Bxh7 Rh8 19. Qxg7 Rxh7 20. Qxf6 Rxh4 21. Qxf7 Rh8 22. Re5 {½-½ (34) Wang,H (2733)-Dominguez Perez,L (2730) Sochi 2012}) 11. Rhe1 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 $16 Nxf6 13. e5) 12... Rb8 {[#]} (12... Re8 $14) 13. Kb1 $146 (13. e5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Predecessor:} 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg3 Qg5+ 17. Bf4 Qh4 18. Bxb8 e5 19. Bxe5 Bg4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qe4 Rd8 22. Nf3 {1-0 (22) Nevostrujev,V (2475)-Emeljashin,Y (2085) Kemerovo 2011}) 13... Nc5 $1 $14 14. e5 Ne8 (14... dxe5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7) 15. Bxe7 $18 Qxe7 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. g4 $1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 ({And not} 18. Rxd3 Bd7 $11) 18... Qc7 19. Nf3 Nc4 {[#] intending ...b5.} 20. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h6]} h5 21. Ne5 (21. g6 $142) 21... b5 {[#]} 22. g6 (22. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4f6] is more deadly. White threatens Nf6+! and mate.} Nxe5 23. fxe5) 22... f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Nxe5 $16 23. Rxe5 fxg6) 23. Qh3 fxe5 24. Qxh5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh5h7]} Rf7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. gxf7 Kxf7 28. Rg1 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,16,0,-6,-9,-15,-38,-29,-24,0,-27,-29,-56,-64,-66,-21,-29,-7,-9,54,-51,-30,-31,-25,-59,-41,-60,-65,-116,-117,-117,-92,-92,-92,-89,-12,-135,-92,-119,-102,-119,-92,-92,-92,-119,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 Re8 12. c4 h6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. b3 {C47: Schottisches Vierspringerspiel} Bd6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Bf4 17. Rc2 Qd6 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 d4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 19... Bg4 20. Qd2 Re5 21. Qa5 Re7 {1-0 (51) Fleischanderl,F (2496)-Gronemann,J (2283) ICCF email 2001}) 20. Qc1 Bb7 21. Nc5 Ba8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz steht aktiver.} 22. Na6 Be4 23. Nc5 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Ne4 25. Rc6 Qd8 26. Qf4 Nc3 27. Qg4 Rb5 28. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e8]} Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 {[#] zielt auf Tc8 ab.} Rb8 (29... h5 $11 30. Rc8 hxg4 31. Rxd8+ Kh7) 30. Qf3 (30. Nf3 $14) 30... Nxa2 31. Ra6 Qe7 32. Rxa2 {Schwarz muss nun Dd1 beachten.} Qxe1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDT} 33. Kh2 Qe7 34. Rd2 (34. Qd5 $15) 34... Rd8 $17 35. Rd3 g6 36. Qf4 Rd5 {[#] ...Th5+ ist eine echte Drohung.} 37. g4 Kg7 (37... Qd7 $17 38. Qxh6 Qxg4) 38. g3 (38. Rxd4 $11 Rb5 39. g3) 38... Qd7 39. Qe4 Qd8 40. Kg2 Rd6 41. Qe5+ Kh7 42. Qe4 Qf6 (42... a5 $17 43. Qf4 Rd7) 43. Rf3 $1 {Precision: Weiß = 45%, Schwarz = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Black "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1814"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 c6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. a3 a5 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nhf6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nb6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ng5 Nbd5 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 g6 19. h4 Nf6 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Bg2 Bf5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxa5 Qd7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 h6 26. Nf3 Be6 27. Qe3 Ng4 28. Qe2 Bc7 29. Bc3 b5 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Bc4 32. Qe3 Qe6 33. Qc5 Bd5 34. Bxd5 Qxd5 35. Qe3 h5 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qd5+ 38. Qf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Bb6 40. Ke2 Kf8 41. f3 Ke7 42. g4 Ke6 43. b3 Bd8 44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 Bxh4 46. a5 Bd8 47. Ke3 c5 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Ke4 Bc7 50. f4 h4 51. f5+ Ke7 52. a6 Bb6 53. Kf4 c4 54. Kg4 Bf2 55. Be1 Bc5 56. Bb4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Asmar, Elie"]
[Black "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,92,47,16,27,16,30,23,15,0,46,28,31,47,68,60,74,68,62,37,85,78,99,96,116,-48,-52,-63,-55,-107,-75,-112,-115,-125,-55,-179,-173,-182,-178,-170,-192,-185,-184,-197,-50,-51,-51,-53,-54,-89,-72,-144,-28,-48,-46,-33,-43,-111,0,-129,-129,-129,-117,-154,-129,-191,-185,-254,-267,-281,-287,-275,-152,-155,-129,-577,-568,-1458,-1441,-29970,-29971,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. h3 e6 {B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} (7... Nh6 8. Bb5 O-O 9. O-O Qb6 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 f6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. exf6 exf6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Nc5 Rad8 17. Bf4 Bc8 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Bc7 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rf8 21. a4 {1-0 (21) Fressinet,L (2717)-Al Modiahki,M (2549) Dubai 2014}) 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. O-O O-O {White has an edge.} 10. Nc3 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. Be3 b5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Bb1 Rac8 15. Bg5 {1-0 (33) Bashiri,A (2010)-Azadbakhsh,F (2139) Rasht 2014}) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Kh7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Nh2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 16. g4 Ng8 17. f4 Nce7 18. f5 $2 (18. Nf3 $16) 18... exf5 $15 19. Qg2 fxg4 20. Nxg4 (20. hxg4 $15 f6 21. Nf3) 20... b4 21. Ne2 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Qb6 ({Black should try} 22... Bf5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 23. Bxf5 Nxf5) 23. Qf2 (23. Ne3 $15) 23... Bf5 $19 24. Nf4 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Nf5 26. Nc5 Qb5 27. Bf4 Qc4 (27... Rc8 $19 28. Rc1 Bf8) 28. Ne3 $15 Nxe3 29. Bxe3 Qb5 30. Qg2 Ne7 31. Qg4 (31. h4 $142) 31... h5 (31... Nf5 $17 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Qxf5+ Kh8) 32. Qg5 Ng8 33. Qg2 Qc6 34. Nd3 {[#]} (34. Qe2 $15) 34... Qc4 (34... Ne7 $1 $17) 35. Nf4 (35. Nc5 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 35... Ne7 $36 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 2080] Black is in control.} 36. b3 Qc3 37. Bf2 Qc6 38. Be3 (38. Nd3 $17) 38... Bh6 $19 39. Qd2 (39. Bd2 {is a better defense.} Qb6 40. Qf2) 39... Nf5 40. Ng2 Nxe3 41. Nxe3 {[#]} Qe6 (41... f6 $1 $19 {...Qe6 is the strong threat.} 42. Kg2 fxe5 43. Qxb4 Re8) 42. Kg2 $17 Rc8 43. Qf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Rf6 $17 Qe8 44. Qf2) 43... Bxe3 $19 44. Qxe3 Rc3 45. Qg5 Qxh3+ 46. Kf2 Rf3+ {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,86,37,66,57,62,41,86,96,100,93,91,86,91,72,100,62,65,74,93,97,93,83,93,83,131,58,133,79,67,53,57,-11,-14,-14,0,-38,-16,-28,-12,-177,-94,-89,-90,-106,-87,-161,-166,-216,-223,-214,-226,-221,-217,-216,-217,-205,-146,-161,0,-205,-222,-237,-234,-398,-397,-439,-407,-777,-774,-698,-429,-417,-172,-468,-474,-29985,-4902]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. a4 Nd5 9. Bd3 g6 10. Qf3 N7f6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O Bg7 13. c3 O-O 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 {½-½ (28) Caruana,F (2808)-Carlsen,M (2857) Baku 2016}) 6... g6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Bg7 9. a3 b5 10. Bh4 e6 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Nxc6 {1-0 (33) Damaso Tacoronte,C (1863)-Canizares Gil,P (1453) La Laguna 2009}) 8... Qb4 9. O-O Bg7 10. a3 Qa5 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Bc4 Qd8 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nbd5 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. f3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 ({Much weaker is} 17. Qxc3 $6 Nd5 $11) 17... Nd5 {[#] next ...f6 is good for Black.} 18. g4 (18. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nc7 19. Ng4) 18... Bc8 (18... Bxe5 $14 19. dxe5 (19. gxf5 Bc7 $14) 19... Be6) 19. Bh6 (19. c4 $142 f6 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bh4) 19... Qa5 $16 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxd5 ({White should play} 21. c4 $14 Qxd2 22. Rxd2) 21... cxd5 $11 22. Nd3 Qc7 23. Re5 f6 24. Rxd5 b6 25. Qf4 $2 (25. Nf4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 25... Qxf4 ({Better is} 25... Qc6 $19 26. Qe4 Bb7) 26. Nxf4 $17 g5 27. Nh5+ {[#]} Kf7 $1 28. Kf2 (28. Re1 $17 {was called for.}) 28... a6 $19 29. Re1 Be6 30. Nxf6 exf6 ({Resist} 30... Kxf6 31. Rde5 $17) 31. Rd6 Bc4 32. Rxb6 Rab8 33. Rc6 Rbc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 34. Rb6 Rb8 35. Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c4]} Rfc8 36. Rd6 Rc7 37. h4 $2 (37. Re4 {is a better defense.}) 37... gxh4 38. d5 Rb2 39. Rh1 (39. Rc1 $142) 39... Rxc2+ 40. Ke3 Re2+ 41. Kf4 Rce7 (41... Bd3 $142 {[%cal Rc7c4]} 42. Rc6 Rxc6 43. dxc6 Rc2) 42. Rb6 $2 (42. Rxh4 Kg7 43. Rh5) 42... Bxd5 43. Kf5 (43. Rxh4 $19 R7e3 44. Rh3) 43... Kg7 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 47%.} (43... R7e5+ $142 44. Kf4 R2e3 45. Rh3 Rxc3 46. Rb4 Rxa3 47. Rc4 Bxc4 48. Rxh4 Bd5 49. Rh3 Kg6 50. g5 Rf5+ 51. Kg4 Ra4+ 52. Kg3 Rxf3+ 53. Kh2 Ra2+ 54. Kg1 Rxh3 55. gxf6 Rh1#) 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghannam, Kotayba"]
[Black "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,83,0,0,-8,-5,-6,2,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,7,5,0,10,0,0,0,8,8,97,87,86,85,97,97,136,77,75,29,38,0,24,20,49,11,12,0,72,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} 8. e5 (8. Bd3 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 c5 11. Bf2 g5 12. Qh5 gxf4 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rae1 c4 15. Nxd5 cxd3 {0-1 (50) Hammer,J (2677)-Giri,A (2773) Stavanger 2015}) 8... Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Bd4 Bc5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qg4 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. Rae1 {½-½ (43) Matsuura,E (2453)-Leitao,R (2586) Sao Paulo 2005}) 13... O-O 14. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} g6 15. Qg5 d6 16. Qe7 Ra7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. exd6 Rd8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxd6 21. Rfd1 Rad7 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 23. h3 Rd2 24. b4 Kf8 25. b5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Ke7 27. a4 Bd7 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 {KR-KR} 29. Kh2 e5 30. Re1 Ke6 31. f4 f6 (31... Kf5 {seems wilder.} 32. fxe5 Ra7 33. g4+ Kf4 34. Ra1 Ra5) 32. fxe5 fxe5 (32... f5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Ra1 Ra7 {[#]} 34. a5 $1 Ra6 35. Kg3 Kd5 36. Kf3 Kd4 37. Rd1+ Kc4 38. Ra1 Kd3 39. Ra3+ Kd4 40. Ra4+ Kd3 41. Ra3+ ({White should play} 41. g4 $11) 41... Kd4 $16 42. Ra4+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 55%.} (42. g4 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Black "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Qb3 e6 7. Nb5 a6 8. Nd6+ Kf8 9. Qf3 f6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Bc3 Qe7 12. Rd1 b5 13. Be2 b4 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Bxa6 Ra8 16. Bb7 Rxa2 17. Bd2 Rxb2 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 b3 20. Ne2 Qb4+ 21. Bd2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 b2 23. Nc3 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 b1=Q+ 25. Rd1 Qxb7 26. O-O Nge7 27. Rb1 Qc8 28. Rfc1 Bh6 29. Rd1 Kg7 30. Qc5 Re8 31. Rd6 Rd8 32. Qb6 Qb8 33. Qxb8 Rxb8 34. Rbd1 Rd8 35. g3 Kf7 36. Kg2 Bg7 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Ke6 39. Rb7 f5 40. f3 Bf6 41. h3 h5 42. Kf2 f4 43. g4 Nd4 44. Ra7 hxg4 45. hxg4 Nec6 46. Rh7 Nb4 47. Kg2 Nbc2 48. Kf2 Ne3 49. Rh1 Nc4 50. Rh6 Kf7 51. Rh3 Nd2 52. Rh7+ Bg7 53. Rh3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Altorky, Amer"]
[Black "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,91,24,35,0,0,-1,43,-98,-120,-118,-113,-201,-197,-201,-192,-208,-191,-182,-192,-223,-207,-215,-214,-213,-208,-230,0,-189,-19,-10,13,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-178,-97,-255,-20,-18,0,-19,-33,-158,-131,-152,-147,-972,-976,-935,31,33,19,28,48,43,117,-29993,0,0,4,10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 c4 12. Be3 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} Ba6 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 13. Nfd4 (13. Rf2 Qa5 14. Ng3 cxd3 15. cxd3 h5 16. g5 Nd7 17. d4 b3 18. axb3 Qb6 19. f5 d5 {1-0 (39) Gasanov,E (2484)-Almasi,I (2398) Zalakaros 2017}) 13... Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 {0-1 (43) Ogashawara,G (1790)-Sztokbant,B (2059) Sao Jose do Rio Preto 2012}) 14. Nf3 Qc7 (14... Nd7 {seems wilder.} 15. d4 Nf6 16. Ne1 d5 17. e5 Ne4) 15. b3 (15. Rc1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 15... cxd3 $17 16. cxd3 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. dxe4 (17. Rc1 $17 Nc3 18. Qd2) 17... Bxa1 $19 18. Qxa1 {Hoping for Re1.} Bxe2 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Nd4 Ba6 21. f5 e5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Nf3 {intending Ng5.} Re8 $2 ({Black should play} 24... e5 $19 25. Rd1 Qb5) 25. Rd1 $2 (25. Ng5 $11 {and White is okay.}) 25... Nc6 $2 (25... e5 $19 26. Qb2 Nb7) 26. Ng5 $11 Ref8 {[%cal Be8f8,Bf8f7,Bf7f2,Bf2c2][%mdl 32]} 27. Nxf7 Rxf7 28. Qb2 e5 29. Qd2 Nd4 30. Qxb4 Qc7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black puts up resistance} 31. Kh2 Rf2 32. Rc1 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b4]} 33. Qa4 $2 {[#]} (33. Qxb6 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} axb6 34. Rc7 Rxa2 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rxh7+ Ke8 37. Ra7) 33... Bb5 $1 $19 34. Qb4 $2 {[#]} (34. Qa3 $17 Ne2 35. Rd1 (35. Rc8+ $2 Kf7 $19)) 34... Kf7 $2 ({Don't play} 34... Rxa2 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rf8+ Ke6 37. Qe1 $17) (34... Ne2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re2c1]} 35. Qd2 (35. Rc8+ $2 Kf7 $19) 35... Nf4 36. Bxf4 Rxd2 37. Bxd2 Qf2) 35. Qc3 $1 $11 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Qc5 ({Stronger than} 35... Rxa2 36. Qc8 $18) 36. Qe3 Rc2 37. Rd1 (37. Rxc2 $15 Qxc2 38. Qd2) 37... Re2 $17 38. Rf1+ Ke6 39. Qg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Rc1 $17 Qb4 40. a3) 39... Rxg2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Kxg2 Qc2+ $2 (40... Bxf1+ $19 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Qd2 Qxe4 43. Kxf1 Qf3+ 44. Ke1 Qxh3) 41. Rf2 $14 Qxe4+ 42. Kg3 {aiming for Qf6+.} Qd3+ ({Of course not} 42... Qe1 $6 43. Qf6+ Kd5 44. Kh2 $16) 43. Qe3 Qd1 ({Black should try} 43... Ne2+ $14 44. Kh4 d5) 44. Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Rf8 $16) 44... Qh1 $2 (44... Qg1+ {mates} 45. Kh4 Nxe2 46. Rf6+ Kxf6 47. Bg5+ Kg7 48. Bf4 Qf2+ 49. Bg3 Nxg3 50. Kg5 Qf6#) 45. Qe3 $11 Bc6 46. Rh2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 27%, Black = 40%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Black "Ward, Serge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bxe5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. f3 Bg6 12. c4 c6 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Rf2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe3 16. Bxg6 Qxe5 17. Re2 Qf6 18. Bc2 dxc4 19. Qe1 Rfd8 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Rd6 22. Kf2 Rad8 23. f4 g6 24. g4 Kg7 25. a4 Rd2 26. a5 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Rd7 28. Ra4 Rd5 29. Rb4 Rxa5 30. Rxb7 Ra1 31. Rb1 Ra2 32. Kd1 Ra3 33. Kd2 a5 34. Rb6 Ra1 35. Rxc6 Rh1 36. Bd1 Rxh2+ 37. Be2 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Rxc4 h4 40. Ra4 h3 41. Rxa5 Kg6 42. Ke3 Rg2 43. Bf3 Rg1 44. Rh5 Rc1 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Rxh3 e5 47. fxe5+ Kxe5 48. Rh5+ Kf4 49. Bd5 f5 50. Be6 Rd1+ 51. Kc4 Ke3 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Black "Berbari, Imad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5 e6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qc7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qe3 Qb4 16. b3 c5 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Qb6 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Rfd1 Rfc8 21. R4d2 Rab8 22. Re2 Qb5 23. Rde1 Rb7 24. g3 Rbc7 25. Kg2 a6 26. h4 h5 27. Rd2 Rc1 28. Rde2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qc6 30. Kg1 Kh7 31. Qe2 Re8 32. Qe3 Bh6 33. Qe2 Rb8 34. Qf3 Qc7 35. Kg2 Rd8 36. a3 Kg8 37. b4 Bf8 38. Nc3 Rc8 39. Ne2 Re8 40. Rc1 Rc8 41. Rxc7 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Black "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bf4 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. Nd3 Bxf4 9. Nxf4 Nbd7 10. Nd2 g5 11. Nh3 g4 12. Nf4 h5 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. c4 dxc4 15. e4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. e5 Ne8 18. Nxc4 Nb6 19. Na5 Nd5 20. Nb3 Ng7 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Be4 Nf5 23. Nc5 Nc7 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qd2 h4 26. Rc4 hxg3 27. hxg3 Rh3 28. Re3 Qb5 29. Qc2 Rdh8 30. Kf1 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 R8h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hanna, Elie"]
[Black "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1332"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. f3 Bb7 10. Nf5 Nbd7 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O g6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qe8 16. Rde1 Qb8 17. g4 b5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Reg1 Ne5 21. Be4 Qd8 22. f4 Nc4 23. Qd3 Qf6 24. c3 Nxf4 25. Qf3 Nh5 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rxg6+ Kh7 29. Rxf6 Re7 30. Bg5 Rg7 31. Rh6+ Kg8 32. Bf6 Re8 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Re6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Black "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abdo, Moussa"]
[Black "Toufayli, Adnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "1509"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Bb6 7. Bc4 Nge7 8. O-O Ne5 9. Be2 a6 10. f4 N5c6 11. e5 Qh6 12. Rf3 d5 13. f5 g5 14. Rh3 Qf8 15. e6 Nxd4 16. exf7+ Kd8 17. Bxd4 Bxf5 18. Re3 Qxf7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Qd4 Kc7 21. Qe5+ Kd7 22. Nd2 Rae8 23. Rf1 Qg6 24. Ref3 Rhf8 25. g4 Nc6 26. Qxd5+ Qd6 27. Qxd6+ Kxd6 28. Nc4+ Kc7 29. Bd1 Re4 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Rxc4 32. Rxg5 Re4 33. Kf2 Ne5 34. Rg7+ Kc6 35. h3 h6 36. Bf3 Nxf3 37. Kxf3 Re6 38. Rf7 a5 39. h4 Re1 40. Kg2 Re2+ 41. Rf2 Re4 42. Kf3 Re6 43. g5 h5 44. Rg2 Re8 45. Kf4 Rf8+ 46. Ke5 Kd7 47. g6 Ke7 48. Rg5 Rg8 49. g7 Kf7 50. Kf5 a4 51. a3 b5 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Rxb5 Rxg7 54. Rb4 Rh7 55. Kg3 Rg7+ 56. Kh3 Rg1 57. Rxa4 Ke5 58. Rb4 Ke6 59. Kh2 Rg8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Black "Chaaya, Antoine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. Be2 O-O-O 7. O-O h5 8. d4 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. a4 Bb4 13. Ne5 Qf5 14. Bxc6 Nh6 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. Qd3 Qf4 17. Qf3 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Nd3 Qa5 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Nxd5 Qg4 22. Qxg4 Nxg4 23. h3 c6 24. hxg4 cxd5 25. Re7+ Ka8 26. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Black "Aboumrad, Camil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. e3 Qd7 11. Bf3 Bg4 12. Ng2 Qf5 13. Bxg4 Qxg4 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Nfxd5 Rfe8 17. Nb5 Rac8 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Bd2 Ne7 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Bb4 Rc6 22. d5 Rb6 23. Rac1 h6 24. Ba3 Nf6 25. Rfd1 Ne8 26. Rc4 Nc7 27. e4 Nb5 28. Rd3 Nxa3 29. Rxa3 Rxb2 30. Rxa7 f5 31. exf5 Ree2 32. Rf4 Red2 33. h4 Rxd5 34. f6 Kf7 35. fxg7+ Kxg7 36. Ra8 Re5 37. Rd8 Re6 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Kg2 h5 40. a4 Ra2 41. Rxb7 d5 42. Rb5 Rd6 43. a5 Ra3 44. Rb6 Rxb6 45. axb6 Rb3 46. Rd4 Rxb6 47. Rxd5 Ra6 48. Rg5+ Kh6 49. f4 Ra2+ 50. Kf3 Ra3+ 51. Ke4 Ra4+ 52. Ke5 Ra5+ 53. Kf6 Ra6+ 54. Kf7 Ra7+ 55. Ke6 Ra6+ 56. Kf7 Ra7+ 57. Ke6 Ra6+ 58. Kf5 Ra5+ 59. Ke4 Ra4+ 60. Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 Rb3 62. f5 Rb2+ 63. Kh3 Rf2 64. g4 hxg4+ 65. Kxg4 Rg2+ 66. Kf3 Rxg5 67. hxg5+ Kxg5 68. Ke4 Kf6 69. Kf4 Kf7 70. Ke5 Ke7 71. f6+ Kf7 72. Kf5 Kf8 73. Kg6 Kg8 74. f7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Black "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O h6 6. c4 Nf6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Qa4 Nb6 10. Qd1 Be7 11. a4 a5 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 f5 14. Nb5 Bf6 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. h3 Rb8 17. e4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Nd4 19. Nfxd4 exd4 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh2 Nb6 22. f5 Bf7 23. e5 Bd5 24. Qc2 Bxg2 25. Qxg2 Nd5 26. Qe4 Ne3 27. Rf2 b6 28. f6 Bxf6 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxe3 dxe3 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Re1 Re8 34. Re2 Re4 35. Kg2 c4 36. Nd6 Rd4 37. Nxc4 Kf7 38. Rxe3 b5 39. axb5 a4 40. b6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saeed, Riad"]
[Black "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bc2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. h3 b5 13. Qe2 e6 14. a4 b4 15. cxb4 Bb7 16. Qc4 Qd7 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Qe2 Ne4 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. b5 Qb4 21. Qe1 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 axb5 24. Nc3 Nd2 25. Nxb5 Ba6 26. Be3 Bxb5 27. Bxd2 Bc4 28. Rac1 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Black "Eid, Wissam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Qc2 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. h3 Ngf6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. e4 Nh7 16. Qe2 Bg5 17. f4 Be7 18. Kh2 Nb6 19. b3 Qd7 20. e5 Rac8 21. a4 c5 22. a5 Na8 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 cxd4 26. Ba3 Rc3 27. Qe5 Rxb3 28. Qxd4 Nf6 29. Rfb1 Rb5 30. Bb4 Ne4 31. Bf1 Rf5 32. Bxb5 axb5 33. a6 b6 34. Re1 Nxd6 35. Bxd6 Qxd6 36. Rac1 Qd7 37. Rc2 Rh5 38. g4 e5 39. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kassas, Mohamad"]
[Black "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bf4 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Bg5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qc2 Nxe4 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bf3 h6 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Rab1 Rfd8 18. Qe3 e5 19. Rfd1 exd4 20. Rxd4 c5 21. Rdd1 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rab8 23. Bc2 a6 24. Qe4 Nf6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qe3 Ng4 27. Qe4 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Nf6 29. Qc6 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. a4 Rb6 32. Ke1 b4 33. Kd2 Rd6+ 34. Kc1 a5 35. Rb2 Nd5 36. cxb4 cxb4 37. Bd1 Nf4 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Nxg2 40. Be2 c3+ 41. Kc2 Nf4 42. Bc4 Kf8 43. Bb5 Ke7 44. Kb3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Black "Saad, Charbel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qc2 cxd4 7. exd4 O-O 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. c5 Qb4 11. a3 Qa5 12. O-O a6 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rad1 b5 15. Rfe1 Ne7 16. Ne4 Nfd5 17. Nd6 Bb7 18. Bh4 f5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. f4 Nc8 22. Nxc8 Raxc8 23. Qd2 d6 24. cxd6 Qxd6 25. Rc1 Bb7 26. Bb1 Rfd8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khoder, Akram"]
[Black "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1547"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nfg5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qd5 15. c4 Qf5 16. Qg3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. dxe5 Rfd8 20. Nc3 Bc5 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Bd4 24. b3 Bxe5 25. Kf1 Bd4 26. Ke2 f5 27. f4 Kf7 28. Kd3 c5 29. Nc3 Bxc3 30. Kxc3 e5 31. fxe5 Ke6 32. Kd3 Kxe5 33. g3 g5 34. Ke3 h5 35. h3 g4 36. h4 a5 37. a3 f4+ 38. gxf4+ Kf5 39. a4 b6 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Shamieh, Jamal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O h6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Nfd2 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be6 14. Qe3 Na6 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qb5 Qc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Be3 Rec8 23. Rfc1 Kf8 24. b4 Rab8 25. Rab1 a6 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Ke2 Kd7 28. Kd3 Rb6 29. Bd2 Rcb8 30. Rb2 h5 31. Rcb1 g5 32. f3 g4 33. fxg4 hxg4 34. Rf1 f6 35. Bf4 Rh8 36. Re2 a5 37. Rfe1 Rh7 38. Bd2 axb4 39. Bxb4 Bxb4 40. axb4 Rxb4 41. Ra1 Rb7 42. Ra8 Re7 43. Rxe7+ Kxe7 44. Rg8 Rb3+ 45. Kc2 Rf3 46. Rxg4 Rf2+ 47. Kd3 Rxh2 48. Ke3 Ra2 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. Rg8 Rf2+ 51. Ke3 Rc2 52. g4 Rc3+ 53. Kd2 Rg3 54. Ke2 Ke7 55. Rg7+ Ke6 56. Rg8 Kf7 57. Rc8 Rxg4 58. Rc7+ Kg6 59. Rxc6 Rxd4 60. Rd6 Kf5 61. Ke3 Re4+ 62. Kf3 Ke5 63. Rd8 Ra4 64. Rh8 Ra3+ 65. Ke2 f5 66. Rh4 f4 67. Kf2 Ke4 68. Ke2 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Black "Khoury, Rabih"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1466"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. Ne4 Qa5+ 11. Qc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 b5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. c4 Bb7 16. cxb5 a5 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rfd1 c4 20. Rac1 c3 21. Bd3 Be7 22. Ne5 Ba3 23. Rc2 Bb2 24. Nc4 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Rc8 26. Bd3 Bd5 27. Rb1 Ba3 28. b6 Bb7 29. Rb3 Bb2 30. h3 h5 31. Rbxb2 cxb2 32. Rxb2 Rc3 33. Bb5 g5 34. Ba4 Kg7 35. Rb5 Rc6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Black "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1402"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. e5 Bc5 8. Ne4 Qb6 9. O-O f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Nh4 Qd8 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. Qxc5+ d6 15. Qh5 b5 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Nf5+ exf5 18. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Black "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1346"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nfd7 7. Nge2 c5 8. d5 Qa5 9. a3 a6 10. Rc1 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bd2 b4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nb1 Bxb2 15. Rc4 Ne5 16. Bxb4 Qb5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Qd2 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. h4 Ba6 22. Be2 Rc8 23. Bd2 Rc2 24. h5 Rb2 25. Nc3 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 Rxe2+ 27. Kd1 g5 28. g3 Bd3 29. f4 Ra3 30. Bd4 Rb3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Qc2 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3 c4 9. Nbd2 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Rc8 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. c4 g6 13. b3 Bg7 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rac1 Ng4 16. f4 e5 17. h3 exd4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 h5 21. Nf3 Qa5 22. Qb2 Qc5+ 23. Qd4 Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Kg7 25. Kf2 Rfe8 26. Rfe1 Rc7 27. Ke3 Rce7 28. Kd3 f5 29. c5 dxc5 30. Rxc5 fxe4+ 31. Ke3 Rd8 32. Rec1 Red7 33. Rc7 Bf5 34. Rxd7+ Rxd7 35. Rd1 Kf6 36. g3 Rc7 37. Nxf5 gxf5 38. Rd6+ Kg7 39. Kd2 Kg8 40. Rd5 Rf7 41. Ke3 Kg7 42. Rd6 Rf6 43. Rd7+ Rf7 44. Rd6 Kh7 45. Kd4 Rg7 46. Rf6 Rxg3 47. Rxf5 Kg6 48. Re5 h4 49. Rxe4 h3 50. Re1 h2 51. Rh1 Rh3 52. Ke4 Kf6 53. Kd5 Kf5 54. Kc5 Kxf4 55. Kb6 Kg3 56. Kxb7 Kg2 57. Rxh2+ Kxh2 58. Kxa6 Re3 59. a4 Rxb3 60. a5 Kg3 61. Ka7 Kf4 62. a6 Ke5 63. Ka8 Kd6 64. a7 Rf3 65. Kb7 Rf7+ 66. Kb8 Rxa7 67. Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Black "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 e6 8. a3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Na4 Rb8 13. b4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Nc4 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Nc5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Amer, Majeed"]
[Black "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Be2 Nxd5 6. Ne5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 c6 8. Qf3 Nf6 9. Qb3 Qd5 10. Qxb7 Qxe5+ 11. Kd1 e6 12. Qxa8 Ne4 13. d4 Nxf2+ 14. Kd2 Qxd4+ 15. Ke2 Bc5 16. Qxb8+ Ke7 17. Qxh8 Qe4+ 18. Kf1 Nxh1 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Qxg7+ Kd6 21. Qf8+ Kc7 22. Qxc5 Ng3+ 23. Kf2 Nh1+ 24. Kg1 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Nf2 26. Qxa7+ Kd6 27. Qb8+ Kd7 28. Qa7+ Kd6 29. Qd4+ Kc7 30. Bh4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bitar, Joe"]
[Black "Mikati, Hani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nxd4 Ne5 7. Bb3 c5 8. f4 Ng4 9. Nf3 b5 10. Bd5 Rb8 11. e5 Qb6 12. c4 bxc4 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Qe2 dxe5 15. Bxc4 Be6 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. h3 c4+ 18. Kh1 h5 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxe5 Be7 22. Nxg4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Rd8 24. Ne2 Rh4 25. Qg3 Rd3 26. Qf2 Rdxh3+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Black "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,84,-6,0,-95,-84,-103,-68,-110,33,51,32,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-47,-49,-52,-60,-47,-38,-150,-154,-170,-172,-237,-237,-257,-272,-296,-287,-286,-188,-181,-119,-130,0,-146,-134,-141,-144,-154,-121,-185,-170,-167,-170,-240,-236,-226,-231,-510,-510,-508,-534,-756,-753,-943,-916,-862,-874,-868,-865]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Na3 Nc6 9. Nb5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (9. Be2 e6 10. Nb5 Ra5 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Ne4 13. Bb4 Nxb4 14. cxb4 Ra8 15. Nh4 g5 16. Nxf5 exf5 {0-1 (47) Dang,H (2350)-Kuybokarov,T (2457) Penang 2016}) 9... Ra5 10. a4 Bc2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Nc7+ (11. Be2 $1 $11) 11... Kd7 $17 {[%cal Be8d7,Bd7c8,Bc8b7][%mdl 32]} 12. Ng5 Nd8 13. Nf3 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Be2 Bxa4 14. b4 Ra7 15. Bd1 Bxd1 16. Rxa7 Bh5 {0-1 (40) Gimenez Menchon,C (1987)-Fernandez Garcia,J (2135) Padron 2008}) 13... Bxa4 (13... e6 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Ne4.} 14. Be2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Kxd6 16. Nb5+ Ke7) 14. Ne5+ $14 Kc8 15. Nxd5 (15. Bxc4 $1 $14 Kxc7 16. Nxf7+ Kc8 17. Ne5) 15... Nxd5 $15 16. Nxc4 Ra6 $1 {[#]} 17. Nd6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd6 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Rxa4 Kb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 20. Bg3 b5 21. Ra2 f5 22. f3 (22. Kd2 $15) 22... Nxe3 $17 23. Kf2 Nd5 24. Re1 (24. Rha1 $142) 24... Be7 $19 25. Ke2 Nc6 26. Kd3 Rc8 27. Raa1 f4 28. Bf2 a5 (28... Rf8 $19 29. Re6 Nc7) 29. Ke4 $17 Nb6 ({Black should play} 29... Nc7 $17 30. Kxf4 a4) 30. Kxf4 (30. d5 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Ne5 31. Rxa5) 30... b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 31. Ke4 {and if d5 works, White does fine.} Bf6 32. Kd3 d5 33. f4 (33. Re2 $17) 33... Nc4 $19 34. Re2 h5 35. g3 (35. Kc2 $142) 35... b3 36. h3 Kb6 37. g4 $2 (37. Be3) 37... hxg4 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. hxg4 Rh8 39. g5 Rh3+ 40. Be3 {[#]} Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. cxd4 Nb4+ 42. Kc3 Nxe3 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Black "Schoucair, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. Bd5 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Bb4+ 11. c3 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nxb4 Nxg3 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. fxg3 Rb8 16. Qd2 Rb7 17. O-O Qb8 18. Rab1 Rb5 19. d4 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qd3 d5 22. Qxf5 e4 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Qxh6+ Ke8 25. Nxg5 Rxb2 26. Rf8+ Kd7 27. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khan, Amani"]
[Black "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,94,40,27,-182,-183,-201,-201,-201,-195,-240,-246,-231,-204,-208,-207,-210,-205,-279,-141,-204,-168,-176,-170,-195,-178,-411,-374,-797,-449,-435,-442,-442,-435,-491,-414,-451,-316,-297,-300,-417,-418,-486,-464,-599,-453,-574,-551,-796,-738,-761,-585,-1042,-1027,-1535,-1568,-4990,-3423,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29979,-6216,-6141,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29991,-29992,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 3. Bc4 h6 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 $2 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (6. c3 $11 {and White is okay.}) (6. a4 d6 7. c3 a5 8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nd2 Ke7 13. Re1 Rd8 {0-1 (39) Kobalia,M (2596)-Inarkiev,E (2694) Sochi 2017}) 6... Nxe5 $19 7. d4 Nxc4 8. dxc5 {Black is clearly better.} O-O 9. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qe2 d5 11. f3 Na5 12. Bf4 b6 13. Nb5 Ba6 14. Bxc7 Bxb5 15. Bxd8 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. Bxf6 Bxe4 {0-1 (31) Sepesi,S (1350)-Tomcik,M (1398) Brezova pod Bradlom 2006}) 9... Re8 10. Nc3 d6 11. b3 {[#]} Ne5 $1 ({Worse is} 11... dxc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. bxc4 $15) 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nb5 Re7 ({Black should play} 13... Bg4 $19 14. Qd2 {[#]} Bf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Nxd6 Re6) 14. Nxd6 (14. Qxd6 $17 {was necessary.} Bd7 15. Nd4) 14... Rd7 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. Qc1 Rc7 17. Bb2 $2 {[#]} (17. Rd1) 17... Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Nc4 $2 (18. cxd3 Rxc1 19. Raxc1) 18... Qxe1+ ({And not} 18... Nxc1 19. Nxa5 Nxa2 20. Rxa2 $11) 19. Qxe1 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Na3 a6 22. c4 b4 23. Nc2 a5 24. e5 Nd7 25. Nd4 Nc5 26. Rd1 Re7 27. Nc6 Rd7 {[%cal Rd7d1]} 28. Nd4 Ne6 29. h3 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Bb7 31. f4 Rad8 32. Rc1 Rxd4 33. c5 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Ke1 Rxa2 {Black mates.} 37. g4 Rb2 38. Kd1 Rxb3 39. Kc2 a4 40. f5 Be4+ 41. Kd2 a3 42. c6 Bxc6 43. e6 a2 44. Kc2 Rb1 45. Kd3 a1=Q 46. h4 Qc3+ 47. Ke2 Rb2+ {Precision: White = 13%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schoucair, Matteo"]
[Black "Hijazi, Asma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Bb5 e6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Bxd6 Re8 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Be5 Kg8 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Re1 Rf8 15. Re3 Be8 16. Rh3 Bg6 17. Rc1 a6 18. Ne2 Ng4 19. Nf4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxf4 21. c3 Qb6 22. Rc2 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 g6 24. Kf1 Qb5+ 25. Ke1 Re4+ 26. Kd1 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vayanos, Georges"]
[Black "Louak, Milad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qd7 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5 g6 12. Qh6 O-O-O 13. f4 Nxc2 14. Bd2 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 exf4 16. Qxf4 d5 17. Nxd5 c6 18. Rc1 Bd6 19. e5 Be7 20. Qf3 Qxd5 21. Qe2 Qxd3 22. Qg4+ Kb8 23. Bf4 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Ka8 25. Rd1 Qxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rxd1# 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,101,0,12,9,18,9,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,-10,-5,-12,0,-5,-7,-7,0,0,5,0,-5,-33,7,6,6,6,12,12,40,29,29,27,28,24,34,21,39,37,64,47,131,23,31,31,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,79,197,155,155,155,155,155,170,160,506,256,757,620,754,754,751,737,984,952,1277,1247,1060,993,1914,1926]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nh5 9. h4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O {The position is equal.} Ndf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb6 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. Be2 h5 14. Kb1 Be6 15. Ka1 O-O-O 16. Na4 Kb8 17. Nxb6 axb6 {1-0 (67) Volkov,S (2637)-Ladron de Guevara Pinto,P (2414) Linares 2017}) 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Bd3 Kb8 16. Kb1 Bc8 17. a3 g6 18. Na2 Rhe8 19. Nb4 Qd6 20. Ka1 Re7 21. Qa4 Ng7 22. Rc1 Rc7 23. Rc3 Ne6 24. Rhc1 (24. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Rb4a6]}) 24... Bd7 25. Qb3 Ka8 26. Be2 h5 27. g3 Be8 28. Bf3 f6 29. Bg2 Rdd7 30. Bh3 Bf7 31. Qc2 Re7 32. Nd3 Be8 33. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32]} (33. Bxe6 $5 Qxe6 34. b4 $14) 33... Kb8 (33... g5 $14) 34. a4 (34. Bxe6 $1 $16 {aiming for Bh3.} Rxe6 35. b5) 34... g5 $11 35. Nc5 g4 36. Bf1 Nxc5 37. bxc5 Qe6 38. a5 a6 39. Bd3 Qg8 (39... Ka8 $16) 40. Rb3 Kc8 {[#]} 41. Rcb1 $1 Kd8 {[#]} 42. R1b2 $1 Qg7 43. Qb1 Qf7 $2 (43... Rf7 $16 {is a better chance.} 44. Bc2 f5) 44. Rb4 Red7 $2 (44... f5 45. Bxf5 Qf6) 45. Rb6 {White is clearly winning.} Re7 46. Bf5 Bd7 47. Bg6 Qg7 48. Rxb7 Rxb7 49. Rxb7 {Qb6+ would kill now.} Bc8 50. Qb6+ Rc7 51. Ra7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,123,25,11,20,0,18,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,31,-52,-46,-161,-171,-171,-170,-178,-110,-114,-102,-112,-106,-101,-104,-105,-104,-133,-128,-118,-122,-118,-90,-284,-269,-360,-360,-343,-318,-469,-469,-437,-422,-415,-409,-566,-553,-624,-609,-564,-544,-1252,-1230,-1322,-1171,-1272,-1243,-1086,-1054,-1691,-1597,-1664,-1210,-1592,-1566,-1363,-1480,-2050,-1939,-1733,-1501,-2181,-1895,-1700,-1872,-1769,-1675,-2034,-1941,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12850]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Qc2 {E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7} Nc5 11. Rd1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qe7 12. Bg5 {The position is equal.} c6 (12... Qe5 $5 {[%cal Re5g5]} 13. Bf4 Qe7 $11) 13. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc1 Qf8 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3 f5 16. Nf3 Be6 17. b3 Rad8 {0-1 (35) Burmakin,V (2560)-Loeffler,M (2365) Schwarzach 1998}) 13... a5 14. b3 h6 15. Bf4 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rd3 Ng5 18. Re3 Qd8 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rd1 a4 22. b4 a3 23. e3 Bd7 24. Nb3 ({White should play} 24. g4 $14) 24... Qe5 $15 25. Qd3 (25. Rd4 $15) 25... Bf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 26. e4 Be6 27. Bf1 {[#]} Qb2 (27... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rc8) 28. Rd2 $17 {[#]} Qc3 $1 29. Qxd6 Bf8 $36 {[%cal Bg7f8,Bf8e7,Be7f6][%mdl 2080] Black has strong initiative.} ({Much less strong is} 29... Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Qe7 $15) 30. Qd4 Qxb4 31. Rc2 Be7 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Ra4 34. Kg2 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4][%mdl 512]} 35. cxb5 $2 (35. Rc1 $17 {was the only chance.}) 35... cxb5 $19 36. Nc1 Bf6 ({Not} 36... Rxe4 37. Rc7 $19) 37. Rc2 Rb4 ({But not} 37... Rxe4 38. Bxb5 Rb4 39. Be2 $19) 38. Bd3 (38. Nd3 {is a better defense.} Rb2 39. Rxb2 axb2 40. Nxb2 Bxb2 41. Bxb5) 38... Bb2 39. Kf3 Bxc1 40. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb2 41. Ke3 Bxa2 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. f4 gxf4+ 43. gxf4 b4 44. f5 gxf5 45. exf5 f6 46. Rc8+ Kg7 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Ra7 Bg8 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. Ra6 Kg5 52. h4+ Kxh4 53. Rxf6 a2 54. Rh6+ Kg5 55. Rg6+ Kh5 56. Rg1 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 57. Be4 Bf7 58. f6 Rh2 59. Kf4 Rh4+ 60. Kf5 {[#]} Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 61. Kxe4 b2 62. Kd4 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,145,16,22,14,22,24,32,40,35,28,39,29,36,36,37,45,49,37,41,37,45,45,44,39,48,48,38,-104,-130,-157,-157,-157,-154,-160,-158,-157,-159,-148,-162,-171,-118,-118,-117,-116,-64,-64,-64,-107,-97,-127,-96,-109,-55,-162,-162,-162,-163,-158,-158,-157,-160,-145,-147,-219,-220,-200,-97,-91,-32,-23,-29,-32,-8,-10,0,0,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-4,-18,-17,-24,-16,-14,0,-24,0,-32,-43,-596,-31,-1225,-1152,-1062,-445,-438,-438,-438,-438,-397,-229,-520,-490,-488,-470,-341,-292,-6814,-884,-2072,-1633,-4922,-20,-229,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-11,-11]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3 Nc6 (3... g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. c3 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf6 11. Nc3 {1-0 (29) Zvjaginsev,V (2643)-Sjugirov,S (2650) Sochi 2017}) 4. O-O Nf6 5. h3 e6 6. c3 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bc2 {White is slightly better.} e5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. d5 Nb4 {[%cal Bc6b4,Bb4a6,Ba6c5][%mdl 32]} 12. Ba4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. a3 Na6 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. Bc2 {½-½ (53) Grujic,D (2124)-Tomin,K (1926) Kragujevac 2013}) 12... Na6 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Rb1 a5 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. a3 Qc7 18. b4 (18. a4 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 18... axb4 $17 19. axb4 Ncxe4 $1 20. Nxe4 Qxc2 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Rec1 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rc8 (24... Bd8 $1 $19 25. Nd2 Kf8) 25. Ra1 Bb5 26. Nd2 Bd3 (26... Ba6 $17 27. Rb1 b5) 27. Ra7 $15 b5 28. f3 h6 29. Rd7 Rd8 30. Rb7 Bh4 (30... Ra8 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Bh4.} 31. Ne4 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Bxe4 33. fxe4 Re1) 31. Ne4 ({White must play} 31. Bf2 $1 $15 Bg5 32. Ne4) 31... f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 32. Bf2 Bxf2+ 33. Nxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bc4 34. Nd1 Bxd5 35. Rxb5 Bb3 36. Nf2 (36. Ne3 $17 {was called for.}) 36... d5 37. Rc5 Rb8 (37... e4 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 38. fxe4 dxe4) 38. g4 $17 g6 ({Black should play} 38... e4 $17 39. Rc3 Rxb4 40. gxf5 exf3 41. Rxf3 Rb5) 39. Rc6 $1 $15 Kg7 40. Nd3 $1 e4 41. Ne5 Re8 42. f4 $1 e3 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. Rc3 e2 45. Kf2 Bd1 46. gxf5 gxf5 47. b5 {Threatens to win with b6.} Rb8 48. Rg3+ Kh8 $1 49. Nf7+ Kh7 50. Nd6 Rb6 51. Nxf5 {Black must now prevent Nd4.} Rxb5 (51... Rf6 $5 52. Ne3 $8 d4 $15) 52. Rg7+ Kh8 {...Rb4 is the strong threat.} 53. Re7 Rb4 54. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Ke1 $15) 54... Rb3+ $2 (54... d4 $19 55. Re8+ Kh7) 55. Kh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Kg2 $15) 55... Rf3 $19 56. Kg4 e1=Q (56... Rf1 $142 57. Kh5 e1=Q+ 58. Kxh6 Qxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 59. Nxe7 d4) 57. Rxe1 Rf1+ $1 58. Rxd1 Rxd1 59. Nxh6 {KR-KN} d4 (59... Kg7 $142 60. Nf5+ Kf6) 60. Kf3 $2 {[#]} (60. Nf7+ {was forced.} Kg7 61. Ne5) 60... Re1 $1 61. Nf7+ Kg7 62. Ne5 {[#]} Kf6 $1 63. h4 $2 (63. Kg4) 63... Kf5 (63... Re3+ $142 64. Kf2 Kf5) 64. h5 Rh1 65. Nc6 d3 $2 (65... Rh3+ $19 66. Ke2 Ke4) 66. Nd4+ $11 Kf6 {( -> ...d2)} 67. Ke3 {The position is equal.} Rh3+ 68. Kd2 Ke7 69. Nc6+ Kd6 70. Ne5 Kd5 71. Nxd3 Kd4 72. Nf2 Rxh5 73. Ke2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Black "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,85,74,47,104,104,107,104,121,106,127,119,129,94,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,98,99,107,101,16,12,0,0,-14,-9,-11,-8,-26,-19,-19,25,8,17,23,150,153,294,116,234,73,78,60,60,66,91,8,8,8,36,8,73,16,68,25,29,8]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Na6 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Be2 c6 12. g5 {E92: Königsindisch (Klassisches System)} (12. h4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qd1 Qc7 20. Nxa4 {0-1 (45) Grischuk,A (2751)-Naiditsch,A (2686) Novi Sad 2016}) 12... Ne8 13. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nc7 14. Nb3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Weiß steht besser.} N7a6 $146 (14... cxd5 $14 15. Nxc5 d4 16. Nxd7 (16. Nxb7 Qb8 $11) 16... Qxd7) ({Vorgänger:} 14... Nxb3 15. Qxb3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 b5 18. h5 b4 {½-½ (34) Karavade,E (2418)-Gluhovsky,M (2263) Caleta 2017}) 15. Nxc5 $16 Nxc5 16. Qd2 a4 17. h5 Qa5 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. Kf2 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bc6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Ba5 Bxd5 25. Bxd8 (25. cxd5 $16 b6 26. Bb4) 25... Bxe4 $1 $11 26. Bc7 Rc8 27. fxe4 {[%cal Bf3e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32] zielt auf Lb6 ab.} Rxc7 28. Rh4 Ne6 29. Rg4 Bf8 30. Rbg1 d5 31. exd5 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Nf4 {[#]} (32... Bxg1 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} 33. Kxg1 Nf4) 33. Rh1 $1 $16 Be7 {[#]} (33... Kf8 $16 34. Rgh4 b5) 34. Kf2 $2 (34. Rgh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4h8] Droht Matt per Th8+.} Bxg5 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. d6) 34... b5 (34... Kg7 $16 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 35. b3 axb3) 35. Rd1 $2 ({Jedoch nicht} 35. cxb5 $6 Rc2) (35. Rgh4 $18 {ist der präzise Gewinnweg. Weiss droht Th8+ und Matt.} Bc5+ 36. Kf3) 35... Bd6 36. b3 (36. Rc1 {is interesting.} f6 37. gxf6 Kf7 38. Kf3 e4+ 39. Kf2) 36... axb3 37. axb3 Ra7 38. Rd2 (38. cxb5 $16 {Td2 ist eine echte Drohung.} Ra2 39. Rxf4 exf4 40. Rc1) 38... bxc4 $11 39. Bxc4 {und nun wäre Kf3 stark für Weiss.} Ra1 40. Kf3 {Mit der Idee Th4.} Re1 (40... Kg7 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 41. Ra2 (41. Rh4 $16) 41... Bc5 (41... Kg7 $11) 42. Rxf4 (42. Be2 $5) 42... exf4 43. Kxf4 {Precision: Weiß = 33%, Schwarz = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,107,10,7,-44,-33,-61,-28,-41,-46,-39,-51,-43,-17,-17,-14,-12,-8,-23,-18,-26,-17,-72,-36,-43,-32,-33,-27,-120,-25,-59,-13,-68,-78,-71,-78,-140,-134,-138,-141,-141,-137,-128,-134,-140,-133,-127,-89,-79,-84,-91,-31,-33,-22,-168,324,316,417,416,406,404,389,384,385,347,1354,891,709,695,1615,1481,12838,12839,12838,739,1651,1457,622,0,1416,1254,12837,1072,12840,801,688,670,12836,12837,12838,12837,12843,12843,12844,12758,29997,29998]} 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Qe1 Nc6 {LiveBook: 125 Games} 8. Qf2 {A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5} (8. e4 $11) (8. h3 d4 9. Na3 Nd5 10. Nc4 b6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. c3 e6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qf2 Nde7 15. a4 Ba6 {½-½ (40) Svidler,P (2743)-Jakovenko,D (2745) Kazan 2014}) 8... d4 9. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e4 dxe3 10. Qxe3 Qb6 11. c3 Bf5 12. Nh4 Rad8 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. h3 e6 15. Na3 Qc7 {½-½ (65) Jurkiewicz,K (2169)-Wadsworth,M (2290) Reading 2017}) 9... Rb8 10. a4 {Black has an edge.} Nd5 11. Na3 b6 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. Nfe5 Ncb4 14. e4 dxe3 15. Nxe3 Bb7 16. Rd1 Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 17. N3g4 (17. c3 $11) 17... h5 (17... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 18. Nh2 Bxe5 19. fxe5 f4 20. gxf4 Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Bxf4 Bxg2 22. Qxg2 (22. Kxg2 Nd5 $17) 22... Rxf4 $15) 18. Nh2 Rbd8 19. Nhf3 e6 20. g4 {[#]} (20. c3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nc6 21. Nc4) 20... hxg4 (20... g5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Nxg5 Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bxf4 Bxe5) 21. hxg4 $11 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6e5]} (21... Nxf4 $5 22. Bxf4 Bxf3 23. Nxg6 e5 $11) 22. Re1 (22. c3 $11) 22... Nxe5 $15 23. fxe5 Nb4 {...Bxf3 is the strong threat.} 24. Bg5 (24. Qe2 $142) 24... Bxf3 $1 $17 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxf3 Bxe5 27. Kg2 Bxb2 28. Rab1 Bd4 29. Qd2 Nd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 (30... exd5 31. Qg5 $11) 31. Re4 Qc6 (31... Qb7 $1 $17 32. Rf1 c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 32. Rh1 $15 Rd7 {Hoping for ...f5.} (32... Qxa4 33. Kf3 $17) 33. g5 ({Of course not} 33. Qh6 Bg7 $17) (33. Qf4 $11 Qb7 34. Qf3 (34. Qh6 c4 $17)) 33... Qxa4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rd5 $19 {and all is fine. Strongly threatening ...Rf5.} 34. Rf1 Rf5) 34. c3 $18 Qa5 {[#]} 35. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4b8]} Qa2+ 36. Kg3 {White threatens Qb8+ and mate.} Bf2+ ({And not} 36... Bg7 37. Qb8+ Rd8 38. Qxd8+ Bf8 {[#]} 39. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh8 40. Qxf8+ Kh7 41. Rh4#) 37. Qxf2 Rxd3+ 38. Re3 Rxe3+ $2 (38... Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rd6) 39. Qxe3 {Threatening mate with Qe5.} Qd5 40. Rf1 b5 41. Rf2 Qd6+ 42. Qf4 Qe7 43. Qe5 (43. Rh2 $142 Qd8 44. Rd2) 43... Qd7 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ (45. Qf4 $142 Qd3+ 46. Kh4) 45... Kg8 $1 46. Qxc5 a5 47. Kf4 (47. Rh2 $142 Qd3+ 48. Kf4 Qf1+ 49. Ke5 Qf5+ 50. Kd6 Qxc5+ 51. Kxc5) 47... Qd3 48. Qe3 (48. Rh2 $142 Qf5+ 49. Qxf5 gxf5 50. Rb2) 48... Qd6+ 49. Kg4 b4 50. Rd2 Qc7 51. cxb4 axb4 52. Qd4 Kh7 53. Qf4 Qa7 54. Qh2+ {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Black "Ghnatios, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "1764"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 7. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bxh6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 10. Qxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 12. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 13. Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. e5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:06:00]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 16. exf6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 17. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 18. Rhf1 {[%emt 0:01:29]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 19. g3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 21. Rf2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 22. Rfe2 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 23. Bb5 {[%emt 0:27:56]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:07:18]} 24. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 25. Rxe6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 26. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 27. a3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} a4 {[%emt 0:13:38]} 28. Rb4 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 29. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 30. Rc4 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Re7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 31. Rf1 {[%emt 0:09:57]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 32. Rc5 {[%emt 0:10:58]} Re6 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 33. f5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Ree8 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 34. fxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:07:32]} 36. Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:09] Rc7} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,106,81,74,45,30,20,19,22,39,41,35,31,74,25,52,54,41,0,21,-25,-18,-15,-15,-33,-33,-28,-41,-41,-29,-44,-25,-37,-10,-24,-20,-42,-42,-40,-37,-39,-26,-36,0,0,0,-15,-8,-79,-20,-20,-20,-18,-5,-48,-50,-66,-62,-114,-41,-54,-54,-54,-5,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-58,-54,-54,-54,-54,-27,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bd2 Nxe5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nxe5 {A52: Budapest Gambit} Bxe5 8. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} d6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Qc2 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Nd5 g4 12. Be3 h5 13. Qd2 f6 14. f4 gxf3 15. exf3 {1-0 (26) Dreev,A (2673)-Zwardon,V (2383) Warsaw 2013}) 9... Nc6 10. e3 Be6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. O-O g4 13. Nd5 Ne5 14. Bc3 c6 15. Nf4 Qg5 16. Kh1 O-O-O 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4 gxf3 $1 20. Rxf3 h5 21. Raf1 Rhg8 22. Qf2 Rg7 23. b4 h4 24. Rf8 a6 25. a4 Rxf8 26. Qxf8+ Kc7 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 27. Qf3 Bc3 28. b5 Bd2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Rb1 Bxe3 31. Be4 (31. c5 $1 $11 Qf4 32. Qd1) 31... Qf4 ({Black should play} 31... d5 $17 32. Bd3 Qf4 33. cxd5 Qxf3 34. d6+ Kxd6 35. gxf3 a5) 32. Bxc6 $11 Qxf3 33. Bxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rg5 34. Rb7+ (34. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1e3]} Re5 35. g3 $15) 34... Kd8 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. Rh8 {[#]} (36. Rb7+ $15 Kf6 37. Rb1) 36... Bf2 (36... Ra5 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra5a4]} 37. Rh7+ Kf6 38. Rxh4 Rxa4) 37. Rh5 Rxh5 38. Bxh5 $15 {KB-KB} a5 39. g3 hxg3 40. hxg3 Bxg3 41. Kg2 Be1 42. Kf1 Bh4 43. Ke2 Kd8 44. Bg4 e5 45. Kd3 Kc7 46. Bf3 Kb6 47. Bd5 Kc5 48. Be6 Be1 49. Bf7 Kb4 50. Be8 e4+ 51. Kxe4 {The position is equal.} Kxc4 52. Bc6 Kc5 53. Bd5 Bb4 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 7. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:38]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:44]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:05:41]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 11. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 13. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 14. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 15. Qa4 {[%emt 0:04:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:06:35]} 16. Qa3 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:07:43]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 18. Ne2 {[%emt 0:08:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 19. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:06:10]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 21. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 22. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 23. a3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 24. Nfd4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 25. f3 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 26. Rd2 {[%emt 0:06:06]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 27. Nc2 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 28. Ned4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 29. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 30. e4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:08:37]} 31. Kh1 {[%emt 0:05:38]} e5 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 32. Nb3 {[%emt 0:05:15]} Nb2 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 33. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 34. Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 36. h3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 37. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:05:40]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 38. Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 39. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 40. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 41. a4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 42. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 43. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 44. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 45. Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 46. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 48. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 49. Kg3 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 50. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 51. c6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Moughames, Ronald"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. f3 Qb6 9. Nce2 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Ammoun, Hani"]
[Black "Altorky, Amer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2109"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,62,7,-6,7,0,23,0,0,-34,0,-34,4,6,-5,0,14,-28,31,6,10,9,38,42,137,14,12,-209,-211,-233,-233,-600,-602,-604,-619,-631,-616,-625,-610,-605,-608,-582,-423,-417,-418,-390,-370,-369,-360]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. b3 f5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (9... Be6 10. Bb2 Qd7 11. Rc1 f5 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Rfd1 Kh8 14. e3 Bf6 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Nb5 a6 17. Ba3 Qf7 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 {1-0 (32) Belous,V (2554)-Eliseev,U (2550) Moscow 2013}) 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Rb1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 12. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Nc4 Rad8 14. Qc1 Kh8 15. Re1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 {1-0 (46) Sorgic,D (2265)-Vujacic,B (2302) Belgrade 2011}) 12... Qe7 13. Rfc1 a6 14. Qe1 Rad8 15. Nd2 Bg5 16. Rd1 Nd4 ({Better is} 16... Nb4 $11) 17. Rbc1 f4 18. Nce4 fxg3 19. hxg3 Bh6 (19... Bxd2 $1 $14 20. Qxd2 Bg4) 20. Rc5 ({White should try} 20. e3 $16 Nc6 21. Qe2) 20... Bg4 $11 21. f3 $2 (21. Nf3 $11 Bxf3 22. exf3 (22. Bxf3 Rxf3 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 $14)) 21... Be3+ $19 22. Kh2 Bf5 {[#] ...Rd6! is the strong threat.} 23. Ra5 $2 (23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4) 23... Qe6 {( -> ...Qh6+)} 24. Nf2 Nc2 25. Qf1 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Qh6+ 27. Kg1 Qxd2 28. Rxe5 Ne3 29. Qc1 Qxc1+ {Black is winning.} 30. Bxc1 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Rde8 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 38%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Black "Ghannam, Kotayba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f6 11. Nec4 Bxg3 12. fxg3 Ba6 13. Rf4 f5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh3 Kg7 19. Qxe6 Bc8 20. Qe8 Nd7 21. Qe7+ Kg8 22. Rf1 Qb7 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Kaloust, Giorgio"]
[Black "Abdulaziz, Mahmoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d5 Nce7 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. b4 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Be2 h6 13. Qb3 Ng6 14. Rac1 e4 15. Ne1 Qe7 16. Nc2 f4 17. Rfe1 Nh4 18. Bf1 e3 19. Nxe3 fxe3 20. Bxe3 Ne5 21. Kh1 Qf6 22. Ne4 Qf7 23. c5 Bf5 24. Ng3 Bg6 25. Be2 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. c6 b6 28. h3 a5 29. a4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Qe4 31. Rb1 Rxa4 32. Qxe4 Bxe4 33. Rb5 Nd3 34. Rf1 Ra2 35. Bf3 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Rxf3 37. Kg2 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Shamieh, Jamal"]
[Black "Muhssen, Fared Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nbd2 f6 8. Nc4 Qc7 9. Bf4 Qf7 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qf3 g5 18. Bxg5+ Kc8 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Khader, Aram"]
[Black "Abdo, Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd1 Nge7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 b5 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. O-O-O Nd8 13. Bc5 Nb7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Qxd5 d6 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. f3 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qb4+ Kg8 22. Bd3 g6 23. Be4 Qe6 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Re1 Nd6 27. Qc3 f6 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. cxd3 Kf7 30. Kc2 Nf5 31. Kc3 Nd4 32. Re4 Ke6 33. Rxd4 exd4+ 34. Kxd4 Kd6 35. b4 h6 36. f4 f5 37. h4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Mikati, Hani"]
[Black "Asmar, Elie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. h3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nc4 Nxd5 13. Nxb6 Nxb6 14. h4 Bg4 15. h5 Nf8 16. Rh4 Bd7 17. b5 Ne6 18. h6 g6 19. Be3 c6 20. c4 Rc8 21. Nh2 cxb5 22. cxb5 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 c4 27. Be2 c3 28. f4 exf4 29. Qxf4 c2 30. Kf2 Qc5+ 31. Kg2 Nd5 32. Qc1 Nf6 33. Bf3 b6 34. Rf4 Qc3 35. Ra2 Rc5 36. Rxf6 Qxf6 37. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 38. Qxc2 g5 39. Qc7 Qxh6 40. e5 g4 41. Bxg4 Qd2+ 42. Kh3 Qd5 43. Bd7 Rxe5 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qc3 Qxd7+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Sursock, Sameer"]
[Black "Terzian, Kevork"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Ne4 dxe5 9. fxe5 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc7 12. O-O Kh8 13. Nfg5 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Kh1 Bxg5 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Bxg5 Ne6 19. Be3 Qf6 20. d5 Ng7 21. Qd2 Qd6 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Bc5 Qf6 24. Bd4 Qf8 25. Rf1 Bf5 26. g4 Rc8 27. Qe1 Qd8 28. Qe5 Qf8 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Rg1 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Novikova, Margarita"]
[Black "Farhat, Jawad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 c6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. a3 Rc8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb2 a6 13. Qd3 b5 14. Rec1 Ne4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Bd4 Qd7 20. Bb2 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. b4 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke8 27. Ke1 Kd7 28. Kd2 Kc7 29. Kd3 Kb7 30. Bd4 Kc7 31. h4 f5 32. h5 Be8 33. Bf3 g6 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. e3 Kc6 36. Ke2 Bd8 37. g4 Bf7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Bg2 Be7 40. Kd3 Bg6 41. Kd2 Bd8 42. Bf1 Bh4 43. f3 Bg5 44. Bd3 Bh7 45. Ke2 Be7 46. Kf2 Bg6 47. Bf1 Bh4+ 48. Ke2 Bg5 49. Bh3 Kd7 50. f4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Sharbel, Marwan"]
[Black "Fakoua, Khalil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1383"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 c4 9. Bc2 b5 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qh5 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Lakhoyan, Hrag"]
[Black "Ghassan, Houmsi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 c6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Nf6 8. Nf3 Bxg3 9. hxg3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qd5 15. Qe5 O-O 16. O-O Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Qf4 Qb5 19. Qc1 Qh5 20. Re5 Qg4 21. Qc2 g5 22. Qd2 Rd5 23. Rae1 Red8 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Ne5 Qh5 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Ne4 28. Kh2 Kg7 29. c4 f6 30. cxd5 fxe5 31. Rxe4 exd4 32. dxe6 d3 33. e7 Re8 34. Rd4 Rxe7 35. Rxd3 Kf6 36. Rd2 b5 37. f3 a5 38. Kg1 h5 39. Kf2 Kf5 40. Rd5+ Re5 41. Rxe5+ Kxe5 42. Ke3 h4 43. f4+ gxf4+ 44. gxf4+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Habash, Mohamad"]
[Black "David Courtney, Fugate"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Rc1 e5 10. Bb1 e4 11. Ng1 Bg4 12. Nce2 Qa5 13. h3 Be6 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Nge2 Qa6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Rxc6 Qxc6 18. O-O Qd7 19. Nf4 Nh5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. d3 g5 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. dxe4 dxe4 24. Qd4 f5 25. Qxa7 Qc6 26. Qa3 Rc8 27. Rd1 Ne6 28. b4 Kf7 29. Qa5 Kf6 30. g4 b5 31. a4 Nc7 32. axb5 Nxb5 33. Qa1+ Kg6 34. Qe5 Re8 35. Qxf5+ Kh6 36. Rd5 Rg8 37. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Berbari, Imad"]
[Black "Djikerian, Rafi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bc5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qe1 Nbd7 14. Nb1 Qc7 15. Nbd2 Nh5 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. Qd1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 d5 19. Rc1 Qxg3 20. Qe2 Qf4 21. Rce1 Rac8 22. Nb3 Rc3 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 g6 25. Ne1 Nf6 26. Nd2 e5 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Nd3 Qh4 30. Qf3 Ng3 31. Qxg3 Qxg3 32. Ne1 Qg4 33. Rd7 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Khechen, Nabil E"]
[Black "Saeed, Riad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. f4 c6 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. d4 a6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 f6 14. O-O-O Na5 15. exf6 exf6 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Qxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxa8 Bf5 20. Bd5 Qc8 21. Rd2 g5 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Kb1 a5 25. d5 a4 26. d6 Bd7 27. Re1 g4 28. Nh4 f5 29. Red1 Be6 30. b3 Qc3 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 a3 33. Kc1 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Qxd4+ 35. Ke2 f4 36. c3 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Zeidan, Mohammad"]
[Black "Tarraf, Tarraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 a6 6. a4 c6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Ne4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Nd7 11. a5 f5 12. Nd2 N7f6 13. Ng3 Kh8 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. c3 Bd7 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. f4 Ng4 19. Nxg4 fxg4 20. Ne4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Rxf4 Bxf4 23. Qxg4 e5 24. Qh4 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. g3 Bh6 27. Rf1 Re8 28. b4 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Rf3 Kg8 31. Kg2 Rd7 32. Kf2 Re7 33. Ke2 g6 34. Nc5 Kg7 35. Kd1 Kg8 36. Kc2 Bg7 37. Kb3 Bf8 38. Kc4 Kg7 39. h3 h6 40. Ne4 Rc7 41. g4 Rd7 42. h4 Be7 43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 Bg5 45. Kc5 Be7+ 46. Kb6 Bd8+ 47. Ka7 Be7 48. Kb8 Bh4 49. Nc5 Re7 50. Rf1 Bg3 51. Rg1 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Khallouf, Abdallah"]
[Black "Hanna, Elie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
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[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 Qe7 7. a3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Ba7 10. b4 e4 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Bb2 h5 14. Nf4 Qd7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rad8 18. Qf3 g6 19. Nd5 f5 20. Qf4 Kg7 21. Qg5 Ne7 22. Nf4 Kh7 23. d5 Rg8 24. Ne6 c6 25. Qf4 g5 26. Nxg5+ Kg6 27. Ne6 Kh7 28. Qh4 Rg6 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Ng5 Kf8 31. Ne6+ Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. Qh8+ Ng8 34. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Khairallah, Ralph"]
[Black "Arcadan, Adib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "1346"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. c3 Na6 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 Rc8 12. a3 c4 13. Nf1 Re8 14. h4 h6 15. N1h2 Nab8 16. Ng4 Bf8 17. Be3 b5 18. Qc2 a5 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. f4 h5 21. Nh2 g6 22. Qd1 Nc6 23. g4 Qd8 24. Bf2 Be7 25. gxh5 Bxh4 26. Qg4 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ne7 28. Nhf3 Nf8 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. Ng5 Nf5 31. h6+ Nxh6 32. Rxh6 f5 33. Qh4 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Ward, Serge"]
[Black "Kassar, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1 Bxf3 9. Rxf3 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. d3 O-O 13. Qg3 Qd6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Qg4 Nf6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Qg6 18. Ne2 Bg5 19. Rf1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Rab8 21. b3 Qd6 22. a4 c5 23. Qg5 Qg6 24. Qe7 Qd6 25. Rxf7 Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Nf4 27. Nxf4 exf4 28. Rxc7 g5 29. Rxc5 h6 30. Rc6 Rfc8 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rc1 Rc3 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke2 a5 35. Kd2 Rc6 36. d4 Ke6 37. d5+ Kd6 38. dxc6 Kxc6 39. e5 Kd5 40. Re1 Ke6 41. c4 h5 42. c5 Kd5 43. e6 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. e7 f3 46. e8=Q fxg2 47. Qe5+ Kc6 48. Qd6+ Kb7 49. Re7+ Kc8 50. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Fakhoury, Dory"]
[Black "Khalili, Moustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1402"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. b4 Bxb4 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 exd4 8. e5 Ne4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Be7 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qg3 Qe6 20. Ba3 Re8 21. f4 c4 22. Bc5 a5 23. Bd4 Qg4 24. Qc3 Qf5 25. Rf3 Be6 26. h3 h5 27. Raf1 Reb8 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qxg4+ 30. Rg3 Qe2 31. Re3 Qxa2 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Rxf5 Rb3 34. Qxb3 cxb3 35. e6 Qb1+ 36. Rf1 Qg6+ 37. Kf2 fxe6 38. Rg1 Rf8+ 39. Rf3 Qxg1+ 40. Kxg1 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Saad, Charbel"]
[Black "M amer, Hossam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "2113"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Ba7 9. Bg5 d6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Nd5 Nxd4 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qd7 17. f4 Kh8 18. f5 Qe7 19. Rae1 c5 20. Bd1 Rg8+ 21. Kh1 Rae8 22. a4 Nxf5 23. Qh3 Nxh6 24. Qxh6 Rg6 25. Qh3 Reg8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bc2 Qe5 28. Rg1 Qxb2 29. Rxg6 Rxg6 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. Bb1 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "El Jawich, Muhammad"]
[Black "Bedrosian, Danielle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Nd7 8. a4 a6 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qd3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Red1 Rd8 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 e4 22. Nd4 Rxd5 23. Rd2 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. Qxe4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Iaali, Abdelrahman"]
[Black "Badieh, Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1262"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bg4 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qe7+ 8. Qe3 Qxe3+ 9. fxe3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nxc3 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 O-O 17. Rc7 Nb6 18. Rxb7 Rac8 19. O-O Be6 20. Rxa7 Ra8 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Ra1 Nc3 23. Bc6 Rc8 24. Bb7 Rc4 25. Kf1 Bc8 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Ne5 Ra8 28. Nc6 Nc4 29. a4 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Nxa4 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Nxd5 Ke8 33. Ke2 Nab2 34. Nc3 Kd7 35. Nd1 Na4 36. Kd3 Nab6 37. Nc3 Nb2+ 38. Ke4 N2c4 39. g4 Ke6 40. d5+ Kd7 41. Kd4 f6 42. h4 h6 43. Ne4 Nb2 44. Nc5+ Ke7 45. d6+ Kd8 46. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Toufayli, Adnan"]
[Black "Bitar, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. h3 Qh4 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bd7 17. Nd2 Qf4 18. Nf1 Rad8 19. a4 c5 20. Qf3 Qg5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. Rad1 Rde8 25. Bd5 Re2 26. Ne3 Rxb2 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. axb5 axb5 29. R3d2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Re8 31. Rd3 Ba7 32. Qg5 h6 33. Qf4 Bb8 34. Qd4 Be5 35. Qd5 Qa6 36. g3 Bf6 37. Ng4 Bxc3 38. Nxh6+ gxh6 39. Rf3 Rf8 40. Kg2 b4 41. h4 Qe6 42. Qd3 Rc8 43. g4 Bg7 44. Re3 Qc6+ 45. f3 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Torossian, Hovhannes"]
[Black "El Saleh, Riham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1466"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. f3 O-O 7. Bh6 Nbd7 8. h4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O-O a5 11. g4 Qe7 12. h5 b5 13. Nge2 Nc5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Be2 b4 19. Nb1 Bxa2 20. b3 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Nxb3+ 22. Kb2 Nd4 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Qxg6 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nf5+ Nxf5 27. gxf5 a4 28. Rhg1+ Kh8 29. Rd6 a3+ 30. Ka2 c5 31. Nd2 Rad8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Nb3 Rc8 34. Be6 Rc7 35. Nd2 Rg7 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Nc4 h5 38. Nxe5 h4 39. Nd3 h3 40. Nf2 h2 41. Kb1 Nh5 42. Nh1 Nf4 43. Bc4 Kf6 44. Kc2 Ng2 45. Kd2 Nh4 46. Ke2 Ng2 47. Kf2 Nf4 48. Ke3 Ng2+ 49. Kd2 Nh4 50. Ke2 Ng2 51. Nf2 Nf4+ 52. Kd2 Kg5 53. f6 Kxf6 54. Ng4+ Kg5 55. Nxh2 Ne6 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Jabr, Bernard"]
[Black "Abou Dahr, Ezzeddine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Bf5 8. d4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 O-O 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Rac1 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Na5 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Bf1 Bg4 20. Qf4 Be6 21. Ne4 Qd4 22. b4 Nc6 23. Red1 Qb6 24. Nc3 Bxa2 25. Nd5 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 Nxb4 27. Nxb4 Bb3 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Fawaz, Kassem"]
[Black "Eid, Wissam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. d5 Ne8 9. Bg5 Nef6 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. b4 Ncxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Rxd8 15. g4 f5 16. f3 e4 17. Rc1 exf3 18. Bxf3 fxg4 19. hxg4 Re8+ 20. Kf2 Rf8 21. Kg2 Bd4 22. Rhe1 Bxg4 23. Re7 Bxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Bf6 25. Rxc7 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. c5 Ke7 28. c6 b5 29. Re1+ Kf7 30. Re3 g5 31. Nd2 Be5 32. Ne4 g4 33. Ng5+ Ke7 34. Ne6 h5 35. Ra3 h4 36. Nc7 Rf8 37. Nxb5 h3+ 38. Kg1 h2+ 39. Kg2 Rf1 40. Rxa7+ Kf6 41. Rh7 Rg1+ 42. Kf2 g3+ 43. Ke2 h1=Q 44. Rxh1 Rxh1 45. c7 Rc1 46. Kf3 Kg5 47. a4 Kh4 48. a5 Kh3 49. a6 g2 50. a7 Rf1+ 51. Ke4 Rf8 52. c8=Q+ Rxc8 53. Nc7 g1=Q 54. a8=Q Rxa8 55. Nxa8 Qa7 56. b5 Qxa8 57. b6 Qb7 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Hijazi, Asma"]
[Black "Khoder, Akram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. b3 dxc4 4. bxc4 Qd4 5. Qd2 Qxa1 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb2 Qxb2 8. Bxb2 a6 9. e4 Bb4 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nge2 e5 12. Kd1 exf4 13. Nxf4 Bg4+ 14. Kd2 O-O-O 15. h3 Nxe4+ 16. Kc2 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxc3 18. Kxc3 Bf5 19. g4 g6 20. Nd5 Ne5 21. Ne7+ Kb8 22. d4 Nf3 23. d5 Ne5 24. Bg2 Bd7 25. Nxg6 Nxg6 26. Rb1 Nf4 27. Bf3 Rde8 28. Kd2 c6 29. Bd1 cxd5 30. Ba4 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Elghazzawi, Omar"]
[Black "Kassar, Bashar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1332"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 a5 8. b3 b5 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Re1 b4 11. Ne2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Ne4 13. a4 Bf6 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. f4 h6 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. c4 bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nxd4 20. exd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qc6 23. Rc1 Qc5 24. Qg4 g6 25. Qh4 Qa3 26. Ra1 Qc5 27. Qf6 Kf8 28. Nf3 Ne4 29. Qg7+ Ke7 30. Bd4 Qc2 31. Ne5 Nd6 32. Ng4 Qf5 33. Nxh6 Qc2 34. Ng4 Kd8 35. Ne5 Qf5 36. Rc1 Kc8 37. Bb6 Re7 38. Qf8+ Re8 39. Qxd6 Ra7 40. Bxa7 Re7 41. Qxe7 Qxe5 42. fxe5 Kb7 43. Qxc7+ Ka6 44. Qb6# 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Saab, Riad"]
[Black "Abchee, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1292"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Qd5 4. Qf3 f5 5. Nc3 Qxf3 6. Nxf3 Nc6 7. Nb5 Kd7 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O a6 10. Nbd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. d3 e5 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Re8 16. Re1 Bg7 17. Rb1 h5 18. Nh4 Re6 19. d4 Ne7 20. Bg5 e4 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. d5 Rf6 23. f4 Rd6 24. b4 b5 25. Rbc1 Bb2 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Re2 Kf7 28. Rb3 Bf6 29. g3 Rxd5 30. Ng2 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Rd8 33. Kf1 h4 34. Ra3 Rd1 35. Ke2 Rb1 36. c3 hxg3 37. hxg3 Rb2+ 38. Kf1 Rh2 39. Kg1 Rh3 40. Kg2 Rh8 41. Rxa6 Bxc3 42. Nf3 exf3+ 43. Kxf3 Bd4 44. a4 bxa4 45. Rxa4 Bb6 46. g4 Rh3+ 47. Kg2 fxg4 48. b5 Kf6 49. Rc4 Kf5 50. Rc1 Rb3 51. Rf1 Rb2+ 52. Rf2 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.40"]
[White "Louak, Milad"]
[Black "Abi Nader, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 a6 13. Qh5 Nc5 14. f3 b5 15. Bd3 Rb8 16. b4 Nd7 17. h4 g6 18. Qh6 Bg7 19. Qg5 Nf6 20. Rh3 Qd7 21. Rg3 h6 22. Qe3 Nh5 23. Rg4 Kh7 24. Ne2 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Ng3 Nxg3 27. Rxg3 h5 28. Qe2 Qe7 29. f4 Qxh4 30. Qf2 Qxf4+ 31. Qxf4 exf4 32. Rg5 Kh6 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. Bxf5 Rf8 35. Be4 Bc3 36. a3 h4 37. Rd3 Be5 38. Rh3 Kg5 39. Kd2 Bd4 40. c3 Be3+ 41. Kd1 Re8 42. Bd3 Bf2 43. Be2 Re3 44. Rxe3 Bxe3 45. c4 bxc4 46. Bxc4 Kg4 47. Bxa6 Kg3 48. Bf1 Kf2 49. Bd3 Kxg2 50. Ke1 f3 51. Bf1+ Kg3 52. a4 h3 53. Bxh3 Kxh3 54. b5 Bb6 55. Kf1 Kg3 56. a5 Bxa5 57. b6 Bxb6 58. Ke1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Edelby, Ahmad"]
[Black "Khoury, Rabih"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. b3 Nc6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bxc6 Bxc6 6. Bxe5 d4 7. Qg4 Nf6 8. Qg3 dxe3 9. dxe3 Ne4 10. Bxc7 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.42"]
[White "Noah, A  H  Al-Ali"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,41,-9,-10,-45,0,-3,8,-65,11,2,244,243,267,254,278,274,330,300,325,336,370,364,447,429,421,383,724,421,743,724,1625,1622,1467,1454]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. f3 (5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. c4 Bg7 8. Bf4 Na6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Qb3 {1-0 (37) Naiditsch,A (2710)-Rakhmanov,A (2663) Linares 2017}) 5... Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... a6 6. Nge2 e6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. O-O-O Nb4 12. Qc4 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (51) Becura Licor,K-Mosquera Cayon,D (2009) Camaguey 2010}) 6. Be3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} a6 7. Qd2 Bf5 8. a3 (8. Bc4 $11) 8... e6 (8... e5 $1 $15 9. Nge2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qe6+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Bxc2) 9. Bd3 Nxd4 $2 {[#]} (9... Bxd3 $11 10. Qxd3 Be7) 10. Bxd4 $18 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Nge2 Qc6 14. Qe3 Rd7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Rd1+ Ke7 $2 {[#]} (17... Kc8 18. Ne4 Kb8 19. Nxf6 gxf6) 18. Ne4 {White is clearly winning.} b6 (18... Qb6 $142 19. Nd4 Rd8) 19. Nxf6 Kxf6 20. Qf4+ Ke7 21. Qg5+ {Precision: White = 43%, Black =  8%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.05"]
[Round "7.43"]
[White "Milan, Sami"]
[Black "Vayanos, George Marwan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. cxd4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Qd6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nb5 Ng4 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 c5 16. h3 cxd4 17. Qb1 Bd2 18. hxg4 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "225"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,224,41,46,49,43,51,58,54,50,78,87,72,43,68,76,58,66,95,82,97,103,83,78,102,78,102,125,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,137,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,122,174,152,152,152,160,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,123,123,121,163,160,171,124,133,145,157,157,157,157,157,157,157,157,157,133,139,133,157,157,162,162,176,169,174,173,168,170,167,159,149,156,164,154,189,133,129,103,323,321,300,321,233,292,256,274,299,256,345,312,314,298,298,302,318,294,316,308,307,306,308,309,308,308,288,294,363,349,837,805,5197,4631,4582,2410,1179,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,7,7,7,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bf4 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} b6 {B17: Caro-Kann-Verteidigung} 12. Rfe1 Nd5 13. Bg3 (13. Be5 Bb7 14. Rad1 Bd6 15. Bd3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Qe4 g6 18. a3 c5 19. Qg4 {½-½ (37) Guseinov,G (2659)-Arun Prasad,S (2552) Dubai 2009}) 13... Bb7 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15. Bd3 b5 16. c3 a6 17. Qe4 g6 18. h4 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. h5 Qe7 21. Bh4 Qc7 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bg3 Qxg3 {0-1 (22) Antonov,V (2345)-Radulov,I (2490) Pernik 1978}) 15... b5 16. Ne5 a5 17. c3 a4 18. Bc2 a3 19. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7]} f5 20. b4 Qe8 21. f3 Bd6 22. Bb3 Rc7 23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 25. Nd3 $1 Qc6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Re5 Qc6 28. Nc5 Rf6 29. Qf4 Rcf7 30. Rde1 Re7 31. g3 Ref7 32. R1e2 Re7 33. Kg2 Ref7 34. Re1 Re7 35. Rb1 Ra7 36. Rb3 Qa8 37. Re1 Qc6 38. Kf2 h6 39. h4 Kh7 40. Kg2 Rg6 41. Kh2 {[%cal Bg2h2,Bh2g1,Bg1f2,Bf2e2,Be2d2][%mdl 32]} Rf6 42. Re5 Rg6 (42... Qe8 $16) 43. Kg1 Rf6 44. Kf2 Rg6 45. Re2 Rf6 46. Rb1 Qc7 47. Re5 Qc6 48. Ke2 Re7 49. Kd2 Ra7 50. Rbe1 Re7 51. R5e2 Rc7 52. Qe5 Rg6 53. Rg1 Rf6 54. Reg2 Re7 55. Kc2 Qc7 56. Qxc7 Rxc7 57. Kb3 Ra7 58. Nd3 Bd7 59. Re2 Kg8 60. Ne1 Rf8 61. Rgg2 g6 62. Nd3 Kg7 63. Nc5 Kf7 64. Re1 Bc8 65. Rge2 {[%cal Rc5e6]} Re8 66. g4 fxg4 67. fxg4 e5 68. dxe5 {Schwarz muss nun e6+ beachten.} ({Viel schwächer ist} 68. Rxe5 $6 Rxe5 69. dxe5 Bxg4 $14) 68... Bxg4 {[#]} 69. Rd2 $1 Rd8 70. e6+ (70. Rf2+ $18 Kg8 71. Rf6) 70... Ke7 $16 {[#]} 71. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1f7]} Bxe6 $2 (71... Rf8 $16 {war angesagt.} 72. Rg1 h5) 72. Nxe6 $18 Kxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTT} 73. Re2+ Kd6 74. Rf6+ Kc7 75. Rxg6 Kc8 76. Rxh6 Rc7 77. Rd2 Kb7 78. Rh5 Kc6 79. Kxa3 Rf7 80. Kb2 Rf4 81. Rg2 Rd6 82. a3 d4 83. cxd4 Rfxd4 84. Rc5+ Kb6 85. Rh2 Rf6 86. h5 Rff4 $2 (86... Rdd6 87. Re5 Rc6) 87. h6 $18 Rh4 88. Rcc2 Rc4 89. Kb1 Rcf4 90. h7 $2 ({Der einzige Zug:} 90. Ka2 $18 Rc4 91. Rcg2 Rxh2 92. Rxh2) 90... Rf1+ $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 91. Kb2 Rh1 92. Rhg2 (92. Rxh4 {seems wilder.} Rxh4 93. Rf2 Rxh7 94. Rf6+ Kb7 95. Rf5) 92... Rxh7 93. Rg6+ Kb7 94. Rd6 R1h2 95. Rxh2 Rxh2+ {KT-KT} 96. Kc3 Rh3+ 97. Rd3 Rh4 98. Rf3 Rg4 99. Rh3 Rf4 100. Kd3 Rg4 101. Rh6 Rg3+ 102. Kd4 Rxa3 103. Kc5 Rg3 104. Rb6+ Ka7 {Droht stark ...Tg5+.} 105. Rxb5 Rg5+ 106. Kc4 Rxb5 107. Kxb5 {Beabsichtigt Kc6 und Matt. KB-K} Kb7 108. Kc5 {jetzt Kb5 und aus.} Kc7 109. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Kb7 110. b6 Kb8 111. Kc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (111. Kb4) 111... Kc8 112. b7+ Kb8 113. Kb6 {Precision: Weiß = 78%, Schwarz = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,60,41,46,43,42,45,54,63,49,42,50,43,47,37,48,50,70,34,37,58,47,34,68,76,77,36,45,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O 12. e3 c4 13. Qd1 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} b4 14. Nb1 Rc8 15. Nbd2 Bb5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 16. a4 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Nbd7 (17... Bf8 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. Ra1 Nxd5 20. Be2 Nc6 {½-½ (59) Nakamura,H (2791)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2016}) 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. d6 Bf8 20. Be2 Bxd6 21. Ra1 $146 a5 22. O-O a4 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Nd4 {Threatens to win with Bf3.} Nd5 25. Rc1 a3 26. Nxb5 Qxb5 27. bxa3 {[%cal Re2c4]} ({Don't play} 27. Rxc4 Qxb2 28. Bf3 (28. Rxc8+ $2 Rxc8 29. Nc4 Nc3 $19) 28... Qb5 $17) 27... Nb6 28. Nxc4 Nxc4 {The position is equal.} 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Bxh2+ $1 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Shamieh, Jamal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,87,80,69,97,99,87,81,85,64,66,22,89,70,85,71,86,65,106,68,184,179,161,156,153,97,88,88,93,22,77,27,89,71,50,-54,112,34,112,112,112,113,112,112,112,113,157,164,166,168,189,196,199,198,253,234,272,282,337,340,440,414,474,353,671,671,655,652,1203,1181,1243,804,2402,922,1472,1043]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nge2 {LiveBook: 97 Partien. A56: Altindisch (siehe auch A43, 44)} Re8 (8... Ne8 9. O-O g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. h3 Kh8 13. Rae1 Ng8 14. Be3 f5 15. f4 Bf6 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 g5 19. Nd3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 h6 21. Rxf8 Qxf8 {1-0 (42) Sumets,A (2551)-Klimov,S (2492) Urmia 2016}) 9. O-O Nf8 10. Bd2 {Weiß steht besser.} Ng6 11. Rb1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11. a3 Bd7 12. Qb1 Rb8 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Rfc1 Bh3 {1-0 (60) Giffard,N (2337)-Dubreuil,R (1817) Nancy 2013}) 11... Bd7 12. b4 b6 (12... cxb4 $11 13. Rxb4 Qc8) 13. bxc5 $16 bxc5 14. Qb3 h5 15. Qb7 Qa5 16. Rfd1 Rab8 (16... Rec8 $14) 17. Qxb8 $18 Rxb8 18. Rxb8+ Kh7 19. Rb2 (19. Rdb1 $142) 19... Qa6 20. Nb5 Bd8 21. f3 (21. Nec3 $16) 21... Ne8 (21... Bxb5 $11 22. cxb5 Qa3) 22. Rdb1 Ba5 (22... Bxb5 $11 23. cxb5 Qa4) 23. Be3 Bb4 24. Nc1 ({Lieber} 24. Nec3 $14) 24... Ne7 $2 {[#]} (24... Bxb5 $15 {behält die Oberhand.} 25. cxb5 Qa4) 25. Bf1 (25. Nd3 $16) 25... Nc8 ({Günstiger ist} 25... Bxb5 $14 26. cxb5 Qa4) 26. Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz muss aufpassen.} Ba5 27. Rb3 Bb6 28. Ra3 Qb7 29. Kg2 f5 30. Nf2 Nf6 31. Bd3 fxe4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33. Bxe4+ g6 (33... Kg8 {war nötig.} 34. Bg6 h4) 34. h3 $18 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4][%mdl 32]} Bf5 35. Nc3 Ne7 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Bd7 38. Bg5 Be8 $2 (38... Ng8 39. Bd3 Kg7) 39. Bf6 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Kg8 40. Rh1 Bd8 {[#] ...Db2+ ist eine echte Drohung.} 41. Rb3 Qc8 42. g5 Nf5 43. Rh8+ Kf7 44. Rb7+ {Precision: Weiß = 51%, Schwarz = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,58,0,33,14,13,22,34,36,45,16,21,16,23,22,38,21,33,25,36,-26,-22,-33,-15,-34,-45,-75,-75,-91,-75,-66,-8,-115,-121,-128,-122,-417,-343,-458,-454,-467,-454,-419,-454,-922,-851,-29985,-29986]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 h5 7. h4 Nh6 {LiveBook: 18 Games. A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (7... Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Nd5 c6 10. Nf4 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Rb8 13. b4 b5 14. cxb5 Rxb5 15. Bd2 a5 16. a3 Ba6 {½-½ (16) Gorovets,A (2551)-Kacheishvili,G (2589) Philadelphia 2016}) 8. Nd5 O-O 9. d3 Kh7 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Be6 11. f3 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... f5 12. Bg5 {½-½ (12) Vassallo Barroche,M (2409)-Movsziszian,K (2455) Torres Novas 2005}) 12. Be3 f5 13. Qd2 Nd8 14. b3 c6 15. Ndc3 c5 16. b4 (16. Rab1 $14) 16... cxb4 $11 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Nxb4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. Bg5 Nxb4 21. Qxb4 Bh6 (21... Qc7 $15) 22. Bh3 (22. Bxh6 $11 Kxh6 23. Bf3) 22... Bxg5 $17 23. hxg5 {[#]} b5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] aiming for ...Ne3. Black has strong initiative.} 24. cxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Qd2 $17) (24. Qxb5 Qe7) 24... Ne3 $1 $19 {[%csl LRf1,LRh3]} 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Qd2 Rf3 ({Weaker is} 26... Bxh3 27. Qxe3 Qxb5 28. Qxa7+ Kg8 29. Qa3 $17) 27. Bg2 Qf7 28. Rc1 (28. Qe1 $142 Nxg2 29. Kxg2 Bh3+ 30. Kg1 (30. Kxh3 $2 Rf2 $19)) 28... Nxg2 29. Qc3 Ne3 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Black "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,118,37,27,53,46,67,56,55,46,51,51,70,69,70,56,65,71,85,49,42,35,47,43,30,25,66,68,62,36,66,59,56,70,64,66,114,91,75,0,0,-142,-146,-315,-297,-475,-474,-460,-462,-461,-453,-421,-363,-479,-436,-479,-475,-478,-470,-779,-764,-1344,-1212,-1318,-829,-1088,-829,-817,-787,-829,-827,-809,-807,-1170,-1014,-1008,-885,-998,-990,-1153,-1159,-1151,-1144,-1039,-713,-1080,-1100,-1083,-1042,-1132,-930,-1133,-1125,-1520,-1437,-1479,-1281,-1345,0,-1334,-1327,-1309,-1285,-1789,-1826,-6319,-6315]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Bf5 8. c3 {LiveBook: 33 Partien} Qc8 {B17: Caro-Kann-Verteidigung} (8... e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rfe1 {½-½ (15) Godena,M (2526)-David,A (2590) Torino 2012}) 9. Be2 h6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... Nd7 10. Bf4 e6 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qd7 14. Bg3 O-O 15. O-O Nc8 16. Qc1 {½-½ (86) Roos,J (2375)-Krizsany,L (2370) Budapest 1993}) 10. O-O e6 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bd6 13. Qg3 Rg8 14. Qf3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Re1 (16. Qg3 {with more complications.} g5 17. f4 Qc7 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. h4) 16... Qc7 17. Qe3 (17. h3 {is more complex.} g5 18. b4 a5 19. a4 Rg6 20. Qe2) 17... Nb6 18. Qe4 O-O-O 19. Be3 Kb8 20. Bc5 Nc8 21. c4 Rd7 22. Qh7 Qd8 23. a4 b6 24. Ba3 Rd2 25. Bb4 Rd4 26. Re4 (26. a5 $16) 26... Rd3 27. a5 (27. Re3 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} Rxe3 28. fxe3) 27... c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz ist am Drücker.} 28. Bc3 $2 (28. Be1 $17 Ne7 29. Rf4) 28... Ne7 $19 29. Ree1 (29. Re3 $142 Rxe3 30. fxe3) 29... Nf5 30. g4 Rh8 31. Qxh8 Qxh8 32. gxf5 Qc8 33. Rad1 Qd7 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Ra1 h5 36. Kf1 (36. axb6 $142 axb6 37. Ra6) 36... Qc6 37. Red1 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ 39. Kf1 Qxc4 {[#] ( -> ...Txd1+)} 40. Rxd3 Qxd3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KD-KTL} 41. Ke1 Qe4+ 42. Kd2 b5 43. b3 Qf4+ 44. Ke2 Qxh2 45. Rd1 Qh3 46. Rd3 Qg4+ 47. f3 Qg2+ 48. Ke3 Qc2 {[#] Weiss muss nun ...c4 beachten.} 49. a6 b4 50. Be1 Kc7 51. Bh4 Kb6 52. f4 Qc1+ 53. Rd2 Kxa6 54. f5 Qg1+ 55. Rf2 Qc1+ $2 ({Besser ist} 55... Qa1 $19 56. f6 Qxe5+ 57. Kd2 Qc3+ 58. Kd1 Qxb3+ 59. Kd2 Qd5+ 60. Ke3 Qd4+ 61. Ke2 gxf6 62. Bxf6 e5) 56. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Rd2 $11 Qc3+ 57. Ke2) 56... Qc3+ {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 57. Kg2 Qxe5 58. fxe6 Qxe6 59. Bd8 Qd5+ {Precision: Weiß = 40%, Schwarz = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wafa, Shahenda"]
[Black "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,66,40,18,19,-5,0,0,26,0,0,0,0,0,49,55,51,46,50,33,34,30,32,46,75,73,142,42,39,55,46,0,0,0,25,33,46,-276,-228,-384,-385,-623,-618,-619,-614,-615,-607,-838,-829,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O Bd7 9. a4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B60: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: Unusual Black 6th moves and 6...Bd7 without 7 Qd2} Be7 (9... Qc7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bh5 Rg8 12. Qd3 Rg5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Rc8 {0-1 (62) Stachanczyk,J (2192)-Guseinov,G (2625) Baku 2016}) 10. Kh1 h6 $146 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Nb3 b6 12. f4 O-O 13. Bf3 Rab8 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bh4 Bc8 16. Bg3 Re8 {1-0 (29) Zulfic,F (2141)-Cruz,F (2344) Barcelona 2017}) 11. Be3 {The position is equal.} e5 12. Nb3 Nb4 13. Nd5 Nbxd5 (13... Nfxd5 {is more complex.} 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Rc1 Na2 16. Ra1 Nb4) 14. exd5 h5 15. a5 Bg4 16. f3 Bf5 17. c4 h4 18. f4 {[#] fxe5 is the strong threat.} h3 19. g3 $1 exf4 20. Rxf4 Qc8 ({Black should try} 20... Be4+ 21. Kg1 O-O) 21. Qf1 (21. Nd4 $16 Be4+ 22. Kg1) 21... Be4+ $14 22. Bf3 Bg6 23. Re1 O-O 24. Bd4 Re8 25. Nd2 Qd7 26. Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26. b3 $14) 26... Nxe4 $19 27. Bxe4 $2 (27. Rfxe4 {was worth a try.} Bxe4 28. Rxe4) 27... Bg5 28. Bf5 $2 (28. Bxg6 Bxf4 29. Rb1) 28... Bxf5 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Rxf5 Qe4+ 31. Qf3 Qxd4 32. Rxg5 Re8 33. Qf1 Qe4+ {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Black "Mohannad, Farhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,133,33,5,6,8,61,52,52,46,76,43,29,0,108,84,70,33,17,44,16,-7,0,0,52,-6,0,-102,-79,-91,-77,-96,-70,-84,-59,-75,-43,-118,0,0,0,0,-33,-2,-16,-22,313,322,326,322,325,320,435,424,829,701,775,527,515,-49,255,260,258,258,347,355,350,325,333,333,350,333,504,492,610,598,593,583,561,0,479,0,561,545,1046,986,758,0,1034,1010,1148,1133,797,0,613,566,545,545,468,406,1291,1429,2648,2614,6183,6095,2339,1766,2475,1590,1531,1448,1357,1142,29979,29980,29979,29980,29984,29985,29983,29983,29987,12644]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 Nh6 6. c4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. O-O Nf5 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Bc4 Qc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Re1 Nc6 {½-½ (41) Adhiban,B (2677)-Rakhmanov,A (2663) Linares 2017}) 6... Qd8 7. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nf5 8. d5 {The position is equal.} c5 ({Black should try} 8... e5 $11) 9. O-O $14 O-O 10. Bf4 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. a4 Bd7 {1-0 (43) Popovic,D (2556)-Plenkovic,Z (2370) Zupanja 2008}) 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 {aiming for Nc7.} Na6 (12... a6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 13. Nc7 (13. Nxd4 e5 $17) 13... Ra7) 13. Qd2 Nc5 {[%cal Ba6c5,Bc5e6,Be6f4,Bf4h3,Bh3f4][%mdl 32]} 14. Bh6 ({Stronger than} 14. Nxd4 e5 $17) 14... Bxh6 15. Qxh6 e5 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Rad1 Qf6 ({Better is} 17... a6 $11 18. Nc3 b5) 18. Bf3 (18. f4 $1 $14) 18... Rd8 19. Bd5 (19. b3 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... a6 $17 20. Na3 Nf4 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Rfe1 {[#]} Nh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Kf1 {[#]} (23. gxh3 Qxf3) 23... Bg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Rd3 ({Only move:} 24. Rd2 $15 Bxf3 25. Qxh3) (24. Bxg4 Qxf2#) 24... Qf5 (24... Nf4 $17 25. Rb3 Bf5) 25. Qd2 $15 {Threatens to win with Bxg4.} Nf4 26. Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4f5]} Qf6 $1 27. Rg3 Bh5 $1 28. Bf3 Qh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28... Bxf3 $11 29. Rxf3 g5) 29. Re4 $1 $18 {[%csl LRd4,LRf4][%cal Re4f4]} Qxh2 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 30. Qxf4 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 d3+ 32. Kd2 {Hoping for Re7.} Qa1 (32... Re8 $142 33. Bxh5 Qxh5 34. Rxd3 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qa5+ 36. Kc1 Qb6) 33. Qf6 Re8 34. Re3 Rxe3 35. Kxe3 $2 (35. fxe3 $18 Bxf3 36. Rxf3) 35... Qe1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Re8+ $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 36. Kxd3 Qf1+ 37. Kc3 Qxf2) 36. Kxd3 {Strongly threatening Bxh5.} Qxf2 37. Qd6 Re8 {( -> ...Re3+)} 38. Bxh5 Qf5+ 39. Kc3 Qxh5 40. Nc2 Qa5+ 41. Nb4 Re1 (41... h5 $142 42. Rf3 Re2) 42. Rd3 Qa4 43. Qd8+ Kg7 {White should prevent ...Rc1+.} 44. Qd4+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kg7 $1 {With the idea ...Rc1+.} 46. Qd4+ Kg8 $1 {intending ...Rc1+.} 47. b3 Qa3 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. Nc2 Qc1 51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. Qd4+ Kg8 53. Re3 Rxe3+ 54. Qxe3 Qf1 55. Qf3 Qb1 (55... Qxf3+ $142 56. gxf3 Kf8) 56. Qxb7 Qxa2 57. c5 Qa5+ 58. b4 Qd8 59. Qxa6 Qd5 60. Qe2 h5 61. Qf3 Qe5+ 62. Nd4 g5 63. Qxh5 {White mates.} Qe1+ 64. Kc4 Qf1+ 65. Qe2 Qc1+ 66. Kd5 Qf4 67. Qe4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 32%.} (67. Qe8+ $142 Kh7 68. c6 Qc7 69. Qd7 Qb8 70. Qxf7+ Kh8 71. c7 Qb7+ 72. Ke5) 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Altorky, Amer"]
[Black "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,116,10,-10,-24,-32,-33,-23,-33,42,0,0,0,0,6,82,50,67,62,68,59,83,73,93,87,86,81,143,124,148,102,160,74,78,77,83,72,86,104,89,98,105,103,102,99,110,-255,-248,-277,81,-165,-68,-41,8,10,8,-75,-79,-172,-167,-163,-111,-170,-159,-168,-161,-175,-133,-140,-153,-170,-166,-237,-237,-398,-399,-420,-411,-477,-454,-515,-513,-494,-484,-655,-634,-617,-615,-6151,-6104,-29961,-29962,-29972,-29971,-29976,-29977,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 g6 {LiveBook: 188 Partien. C45: Schottische Partie} 11. Be2 Bg7 12. f4 O-O {Schwarz steht etwas besser.} 13. O-O {[#]} f5 $146 (13... Re8 $15) ({Vorgänger:} 13... d6 14. Qxc6 dxe5 15. Qxc7 Ba6 16. Nd5 exf4 17. Bd3 g5 18. Qc5 {0-1 (29) Topalov,V (2761)-Caruana,F (2804) Paris 2016}) 14. Qf3 Nxc4 15. b3 Nb6 $1 ({Viel schlechter ist} 15... Nxe5 $6 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bb2 $16) 16. Ba3 d5 (16... d6 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Rac1 Qf7 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Qf2 a6 21. Nb1 Bd7 22. Nd2 Qe7 (22... a5 $142) 23. Nf3 $16 c5 24. Re1 a5 (24... Bb5 $142 25. g3 Bxe2) 25. Bd3 (25. Rc2 $142 $1) 25... a4 26. Qg3 Be6 27. Ng5 Bc8 28. h4 axb3 29. axb3 Ra3 30. Bc2 c4 31. Ra1 d4 {Droht stark ...d3.} 32. Nf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Rxa3 $16 {hält den Druck.} Qxa3 33. Bd1) 32... d3 $19 ({Finger weg von} 32... cxb3 33. Rxa3 Qxa3 34. Bb1 $17) 33. Rxa3 dxc2 $2 (33... Qxa3 $19 34. Bxd3 cxd3) 34. Raa1 $2 (34. b4 $1 $16) 34... cxb3 ({Lieber} 34... Qc5+ $19 35. Kh1 cxb3) 35. Nd4 $15 Qc5 (35... Be6 $5 36. Nxb3 Qb4 $17) 36. Qxb3+ Nd5 37. Qxc2 (37. Qb2 $11) 37... Qxd4+ $17 38. Kh2 (38. Qf2 $17 {war erzwungen.} Bc5 39. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 40. Kh2 Bxa1 41. Rxa1) 38... Qxf4+ $19 39. g3 Qf3 (39... Qb4 $1 $19 {Droht ...Le6 und aus.} 40. Rab1 Qg4) 40. Qg2 {[#]} (40. Qe2 $17 Qxe2+ 41. Rxe2) 40... Qxg2+ $1 41. Kxg2 Kf7 42. Kh2 Bg7 43. Ra5 {[#]} Ke6 $1 44. Ra8 Bd7 45. Rg8 (45. Ra6+ {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} c6 46. Ra7) 45... Bxe5 46. h5 $2 (46. Ra8) 46... gxh5 47. Kh3 Nf6 48. Rf8 Ne4 49. Rg8 Kf7 50. Rd8 Ke7 51. Ra8 Ng5+ 52. Kg2 Bc6+ 53. Kf2 Ne4+ 54. Rxe4 Bxe4 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 55. Ra5 Kf6 56. Rb5 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 57. Ke2 (57. Rxc5 Bd4+) 57... c4 58. Rc5 c3 {Precision: Weiß = 29%, Schwarz = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,37,7,8,14,20,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (12. Rac1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c6 15. e4 Nd7 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h4 h6 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Rd2 {½-½ (88) Meier,G (2630)-Karjakin,S (2783) chess.com INT 2017}) 12... Bd5 13. Qb5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. Black must now prevent e4.} Nb4 14. e4 Bb3 {[#]} 15. Qxb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nf3 c6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Rfc1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 h6 19. Nd2 Nc2 20. Nxb3 Nxa1 21. Nxa1 Qxd4 {1-0 (47) Fressinet,L (2677)-Gustafsson,J (2646) Oberhof 2011}) 15... Rb8 {The position is equal.} 16. Qa7 Ra8 17. Qb7 Rb8 18. Qa7 Ra8 19. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Ibrahim, Hatim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,120,22,22,31,23,26,27,9,38,28,38,38,38,32,36,17,24,27,23,18,22,26,11,0,8,0,57,71,70,-8,-24,-25,-16,-405,-410,-392,-415,-413,-396,-400,-402,-387,-386,-446,-437,-441,-441,-422,-436,-422,-422,-418,-413,-407,-410,-400,-398,-408,-408,-392,-191,-170,-81,-81,-81,-83,-83,-85,0,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Nc3 c5 9. dxc5 {D61: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Qc2} (9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. Bf3 {½-½ (40) Wang,Y (2699)-Kramnik,V (2812) Dortmund 2017}) 9... Nxc5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 {White has an edge.} Qa5 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 Nce4 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Rb1 b6 16. Ne5 Qa4 17. Qxa4 Bxa4 {½-½ (32) Kunin,V (2586)-Cvitan,O (2491) Zurich 2016}) 12... Nce4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd4 Bg4 {White must now prevent ...Qh5.} 15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. h3 Bd7 17. O-O Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c5,Bc5g5,Bg5g2,Bg2h2][%mdl 32]} 18. Qb3 b6 19. Ncb5 Rc5 $36 {[%cal Rc5b5][%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 20. Bxf6 gxf6 (20... Rxc1 $1 $11 21. Rxc1 Bxf6) 21. Nc3 $14 Bd6 22. f4 ({White should play} 22. Rfd1 $14) 22... exf3 $1 $11 23. Rxf3 Rg5 $1 {With the idea ...Qe5.} 24. Rxf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. h4 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rg6 25. Qd5) 24... Rxg2+ $1 $19 25. Kf1 Qh5 26. Qxf7+ Qxf7 27. Rxf7 Bxh3 ({Less strong is} 27... Kxf7 28. Kxg2 Rxe3 29. Rf1+ Kg6 30. Rf3 $17) 28. Rf3 Rh2+ 29. Rxh3 Rxh3 30. Nd1 Rh2 31. Rc6 Rf8+ 32. Kg1 Rd2 {( -> ...Bh2+)} 33. Rxd6 Rxd1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 34. Kg2 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Rxb2 36. e4 Rxa2 37. Nf5 Rxf5 (37... Re8 $142 38. Nxh6+ Kf8) 38. exf5 {[#] KR-KR} Ra4 (38... b5 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 39. Rxh6 b4) 39. Rxh6 $17 Kf7 40. Kf3 b5 41. Rc6 {[#]} a6 (41... a5 $1 $17 42. Ra6 Ra1) 42. Ke3 (42. Rb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42... a5 43. Rc7+ Kf6 {aiming for ...Rb4.} 44. Rc6+ Kg5 45. f6 Kg6 46. Ra6 Kf7 (46... Ra2 $17 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 47. Kd4 a4) 47. Kd3 $11 {The position is equal.} Ra1 {Strongly threatening ...a4.} 48. Kc2 Ra3 49. Kb2 b4 (49... Ra4 {is more complex.} 50. Kb3 Kg6 51. Kb2 Rh4 52. Rxa5 Rh5) 50. Rb6 Rf3 51. Rb5 $1 Ra3 52. Rb6 Kg6 53. Ra6 $1 a4 54. Rb6 Rb3+ 55. Ka2 Kf7 56. Ra6 Ra3+ 57. Kb2 Kg6 58. Rb6 Rb3+ 59. Ka2 Kf7 60. Ra6 Ra3+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Khairallah, Faisal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,91,-11,9,-23,0,11,4,10,0,0,3,0,-10,0,-1,-8,-14,-20,14,3,2,0,13,0,0,3,30,8,26,14,83,91,69,74,78,74,110,108,116,116,121,116,137,139,151,128,273,275,273,286,288,283,372,370,402,400,460,355,354,328,430,327,575,570,562,566,562,563,581,577,679,679,667,667,1351,1320,1131,593,592,577,586,577,561,561]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bd3 (4. Bb2 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d3 a5 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qd2 Nb6 {1-0 (48) Antipov,M (2576)-Grachev,B (2658) Minsk 2017}) 4... Nf6 5. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. O-O Nb4 6. Re1 Nxd3 7. cxd3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d4 b6 10. d3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. dxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (36) Kerigan,D (2311)-Kaim,P (2212) Sliema 2015}) 5... Nd5 6. Bb2 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} Be7 7. Be4 O-O 8. O-O {The position is equal.} d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Na3 Nf6 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 13. a4 Nd7 14. d4 b6 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nxe5 17. Qxe5 {And now d5! would win.} Bf8 (17... Bb7 $2 18. d5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 18. dxc5 Bb7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 19. Qg3 {Strongly threatening Nc7.} Qxc5 (19... e5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. Nc7 $16 Qxc2 21. Be5 Bd5 22. b4 Rec8 23. Nxa8 Bxa8 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Qe4 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Re4g2]} 26. f3 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 h6 (27... Bd5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 28. Qd7 $18 Qc3 29. b5 ({Don't take} 29. Qxa7 $6 Qxb4 30. Rfb1 Qc3 $18) 29... Bd5 30. Qxa7 Qc5 31. a5 Qxb5 {Now ...bxa5 and Black clings on.} 32. Qxb6 Qe2 33. Qf2 Qa6 34. Qd2 Rc4 35. Qe3 Rh4 $2 (35... Rc7 {keeps fighting.} 36. Qb6 Rc6) 36. Qb6 {White is clearly winning.} Qc4 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Qe2 {Black hopes to continue with ...Rg4.} 39. Qb1+ f5 {intending ...Rg4.} 40. Qe1 Qc4 41. a7 Qf4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rf4h2]} 42. g3 Bxf3+ 43. Kg1 Qd4+ {[#]} 44. Qf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2d4] aiming for Qxd4.} ({Weaker is} 44. Rf2 Ba8 $16) 44... Ba8 45. Qxd4 ({Worse is} 45. gxh4 Qg4+ 46. Qg3 Qd4+ 47. Qf2 Qg4+ 48. Qg3 Qd4+ 49. Qf2 $11) 45... Rxd4 46. Rfd1 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tsatsalashvili, Keti"]
[Black "Kassis, Antoine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,54,-21,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-7,-6,0,-50,-57,-96,-86,-85,-79,-224,-223,-233,-219,-446,-16,-16,-24,-12,-8,-9,-18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O Re8 9. Nd2 Na6 10. f4 exd5 11. cxd5 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Re1 Ba6 {LiveBook: 21 Games} 15. Nb3 {A69: Modern Benoni: Four Pawns Attack with 9...Re8} (15. Ra3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 a6 18. Ne2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ng3 b4 21. Ra2 c4 22. Be3 b3 {0-1 (47) Jeremic,V (2537)-Leskur,D (2482) Mataruska Banja 2007}) 15... Nd7 16. Be3 Bc4 17. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nd2 Bd3 18. Be2 Bxe4 19. Ndxe4 f5 20. Bf3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf6 22. Ng3 Qd7 {0-1 (37) Zmarzly,A (2091)-Sowul,B (2178) Ustron 2011}) 17... Bxb3 18. Qxb3 a6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ne4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ne5 22. Bg5 (22. Rad1 $17) 22... Nxf3+ $19 23. Qxf3 Qxd5 24. Rad1 $2 {[#]} (24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6) 24... Qf5 $2 (24... Bd4+ $19 25. Kh1 {[#]} Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Qxe4 Qxg5) 25. Bf4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf4c7]} Ne6 26. Nd6 Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Nxf4 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Kotanjian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,106,0,12,-2,0,6,13,-3,-2,-2,0,-15,-21,-81,-95,-378,-372,-367,-382,-382,-373,-450,-443,-466,-485,-460,-475,-474,-480,-490,-474,-532,-539,-561,-506,-549,-550,-612,-612,-616,-598,-597,-483,-546,-481,-582,-471,-550,-550,-547,-535,-537,-532,-553,-547,-625,-567,-555,-558,-563,-556,-637,-635,-629,-617,-610,-569,-749,-735,-1435,-1262,-5061,-923,-29954,-29960,-29958,-29962,-29966,-7889,-29970,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29977,-29977,-29980,-29981,-29986,-29986,-29988,-29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 d5 7. O-O b6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7... Nc6 8. Ne5 Qb6 9. Qb3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qa3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. h3 {½-½ (17) Berkes,F (2648)-Yu,Y (2738) Moscow 2017}) 8. Nbd2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 9. a4 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 10. Ne5 Nd7 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nf3 c4 13. Nd2 Na5 {1-0 (32) De la Vega,H (2385)-Alisievicz Buenos Aires 1981}) 12... e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 13. Bg3 bxc5 14. Ne4 {[#]} (14. e4 $11 {remains equal.}) 14... Qe7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 15. Qxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (15. Nd2 $17 {only move.}) 15... Nd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4e2]} 16. Qxc5 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Nxg3+ 18. hxg3 Qd7 19. f3 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Qg4 21. Rf3 Qxe4 22. a5 a6 23. Rd1 Qg4 {Hoping for ...e4.} 24. Rdf1 f5 25. Kh2 Rab8 26. b4 Rbc8 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. e4 f4 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Qd6 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Rfd8 32. Qxf4 Qxf4 33. Rxf4 Bxc3 34. Rf7 Bxb4 35. R1f6 Bxa5 36. Rxa6 Rc7 37. Rf1 Bb4 38. Ra2 Re8 39. Re2 Rce7 40. Rf4 Bd6 41. Rg4 Kg7 42. Kf2 h5 43. Rh4 Kh6 44. g3 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 45. Rh1 Rxe4 46. Rxe4 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 47. Rc1 g4 {Black mates.} 48. Rc6 Re6 49. Rc3 Kg5 50. Rb3 Be5 51. Rb5 Kf5 52. Kg2 Rc6 53. Rb3 Rc3 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "El Jawich, Amro"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,58,46,36,49,42,53,47,50,28,18,30,30,27,25,20,19,15,30,0,18,0,32,18,169,256,252,170,167,142,151,68,68,64,85,-66,-85,-239,-225,-203,-207,-318,-313,-336,-321,-336,-319,-428,-410,-509,-487]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Bb3 b6 {B06: Modern Defence} 7. Re1 Bb7 8. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} (8. c3 h6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 c5 12. h3 Qc7 13. Be3 {1-0 (46) Chadaev,N (2573)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Olginka 2011}) 8... O-O $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8... a6 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Nf1 c5 12. Ng3 h6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Bf4 {1-0 (52) Wittmann,W (2279)-Akesson,R (2466) Budapest 2008}) 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nd7 11. a5 Rb8 12. c3 b5 13. Nbd2 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Nf6 16. Re3 Qd7 $2 (16... Nh7 $1 $11 17. a6 Bc6) 17. Bxf6 $18 Bxf6 18. Qg4+ Ng6 19. f4 {aiming for f5.} Kg7 {[#]} 20. f5 (20. d5 $1 $16) 20... exf5 $14 21. exf5 {Threatens to win with Rg3.} Rh8 {And now ...Rh4 would win.} 22. g3 $2 (22. a6 $16 Bc6 23. d5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5) 22... Kf8 $15 23. Rf1 $2 {[#]} (23. Be6 $17 {was necessary.} Qc6 24. Ne4) 23... Ne7 $1 $19 24. Be6 Qd8 ({Not} 24... fxe6 $2 25. fxe6 Qc6 26. Rxf6+ Ke8 27. Ref3 $18) 25. Ne4 (25. Re2 $142) 25... Bxe4 $1 (25... fxe6 26. fxe6 a6 27. Rxf6+ Ke8 28. Qg7 Qd7 29. Qxh8+ Ng8 30. Qxg8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Ke8 32. Qxd7#) 26. Rxe4 d5 ({But not} 26... fxe6 $2 27. fxe6 Rh6 28. Qg5 $18) 27. Ref4 Ng8 28. Qf3 c6 (28... fxe6 $2 29. fxe6 Rh6 30. Rg4 $17) 29. h4 Qd6 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khader, Aram"]
[Black "Gevorgyan, Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,26,62,45,52,0,31,34,53,37,42,40,47,30,31,23,22,4,40,33,35,31,48,39,41,41,85,79,70,63,78,87,124,77,161,169,532,505,585,586,583,582,458,412,1112,1108,1468,1465,1441,1451,1452,1257,1289,1444,1443,1436,1436,1428,1415,1406,1539,1558,6020,5936,5162,3972]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Bg6 (5... Nge7 6. a4 h6 7. h4 Bg4 8. Be2 Nf5 9. h5 f6 10. Bf4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Nh4 13. Bg3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 {½-½ (78) Abdumalik,Z (2405)-Zhao,X (2504) Doha 2016}) 6. Bd3 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} Nge7 7. h4 ({Better is} 7. b4 $14) 7... Bxd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... h5 8. Bg5 Qd7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Na3 Be7 11. g3 f6 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Nb5 {1-0 (51) Ofner,M (2145)-Janisch,R (2095) Austria 2015}) 8. Qxd3 {White is slightly better.} h5 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Nb3 b6 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Be7 13. Bf4 Nd8 14. Nf1 c5 15. Ne3 c4 16. Qc2 b5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bf4 a5 20. O-O Ra6 21. Rae1 Rg8 (21... O-O $16 {is a better defense.}) 22. Re2 $18 Qc8 $2 {[#]} (22... Ne6 {is a better chance.}) 23. Rfe1 Ra7 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Bd6 {[%cal Re2e7]} Rg7 26. Qd2 {[#] Hoping for Qh6.} Rh7 (26... f4 $142 27. Qxf4 Qg4 28. Rxe7+ Raxe7 29. Rxe7+ Rxe7) 27. Qf4 {White is clearly winning.} Rb7 28. Qg3 {Qg6+ is the strong threat.} Nc6 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Qe6+ Kd8 31. Qxd5 Ke8 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Qxh7 Kxd6 34. Qg6 b4 35. Ne5 Bd8 36. Nxc4+ Kc7 37. Qg3+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "9th Beirut Open 2017"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Koniahli, Malek"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,110,21,5,14,0,0,-36,-36,-69,-56,-66,-59,-67,-57,-149,-149,-149,-149,-149,-149,-156,-162,-186,-149,-205,-147,-225,-209,-230,-233,-226,-215,-219,-199,-623,-310,-623,-261,-256,-255,-264,-220,-271,-205,-462,-297,-511,-485,-463,-305,-305,-304,-300,-301,-357,-354,-428,-233,-227,-207,-193,-195,-178,-202,-1051,-1044,-990,-981,-924,-916,-1817,-1645,-1864,-1762,-1371,-1268,-1646,-1525,-1283,-1002,-5106,-5093,-29985,-29984,-29986,-29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nb3 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} Ra8 14. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Be6 15. Ba3 {The position is equal.} c5 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rfd1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nb5 Rxa4 20. Qb3 Ra5 {0-1 (41) Patsyk,A (2214)-Gulkov,I (2491) Dubna 2000}) 17... Nd4 18. N3xd4 exd4 19. Bc1 Nd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Ne5 would win. Black has the initiative.} 20. Bf4 (20. Ra3 $15) 20... Ne5 $17 21. Bxe5 dxe5 ({Don't play} 21... Bxe5 22. f4 $15) 22. Qa3 Qe7 23. Qd3 Ra6 24. Bd1 Bc8 {[%cal Be6c8,Bc8b7,Bb7c6][%mdl 32]} 25. Na3 (25. Bc2 $17) 25... Bb7 26. Rb1 (26. Nb5 $17) 26... Bc6 27. f3 Bh6 28. Nb5 Ba8 29. Bc2 f5 30. g3 $2 (30. Rbe1) 30... Raf6 (30... fxe4 $142 31. fxe4 Be3+ 32. Kh1 Raf6 33. Rxf6 Rxf6) 31. Kg2 $2 (31. Rbe1) 31... Bg5 (31... fxe4 $142 32. fxe4 Be3) 32. Qe2 $19 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 33. Bd3 h4 34. Rbe1 Re6 35. g4 $2 (35. Rb1) 35... h3+ 36. Kh1 $2 (36. Kxh3 fxg4+ 37. fxg4) 36... fxg4 37. fxg4 Bf4 38. Rf3 Ref6 39. Ref1 Qh7 40. R1f2 Bc6 41. Qf1 Qb7 (41... g5 $142 42. Qb1 Bd7) 42. g5 Bxg5 {[#] ( -> ...Rxf3)} 43. Rxf6 Rxf6 44. Rxf6 Bxf6 45. Qxf6 $2 (45. Qxh3 Kg7 46. Kg1) 45... Bxe4+ 46. Kg1 Bxd3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rb7g2] [#]} 47. Qe6+ Qf7 48. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 49. a5 Ke7 50. a6 Kd7 51. a7 Be4 52. Kf2 Bb7 53. Kg3 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 54. Kf2 e3+ 55. Ke2 g5 {Precision: White = 17%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

